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Dear Parents and Caregivers,
As world events continue to weigh heavy on our hearts, we are grateful for the splendor of autumn -- fall foliage, pumpkin spice, crisp air, and jack-o-lanterns! 🎃
Join us this week for two special events on student health and well-being:
1) How can we increase learning and joy while offering kids much-needed support? In Whole Child, Whole Life: 10 Ways to Help Kids Live, Learn & Thrive, Stephanie Malia Krauss offers a guidebook for parents everywhere (October 25).
2) In the first of a series, Emmy award-winning filmmaker Preeti Mankar Deb presents My Body to Love: Arjun's Story, a short film that profiles youth coming into their sexuality. Event includes film (6 min) plus panel discussion (October 26).
This month's Spanish events include El foro de padres #30 (español) with Edwin Fernandez, LCSW, in Drogas, noviazgo, escuela y mis hijos (October 24) and ¡La salud dental importa! with Brenda Barrientos, hygienist, Sonrisas Dental Health (November 1).
NEW! Which factors make the most difference in college-admission decisions? College admission experts Laura Stratton, Scripps College, and Gabrielle McColgan, Castilleja School, present College Admission: What Really Matters? (November 2).
SPECIAL EVENT! Renowned brain and trauma expert Bruce Perry, MD, PhD, presents What Happened to You? A Conversation on Trauma, Healing, and Resilience, the NY Times bestselling book co-authored with Oprah Winfrey (November 9).
Miss a live event? Visit our Video Library (YouTube), a free resource with recordings of 250+ Parent Ed events. Click here to subscribe and rewatch or share a video.
New video recordings include:
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Youth Mental Health: Prevention Strategies, Resources, and Support (Steve Adelsheim, MD, and Shashank Joshi, MD)
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Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic--And What We Can Do About It (Jennifer Breheny Wallace) - Available with link ONLY
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Work, Parent, Thrive: Rethinking Rest (Yael Schonbrun, PhD, and Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, PhD)
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Warm wishes,
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Whole Child, Whole Life: 10 Ways to Help Kids Live, Learn & Thrive
How can we increase learning and joy for children? Join Stephanie Malia Krauss, educator, social worker, and author of Whole Child, Whole Life.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
5:30pm – 6:30pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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My Body to Love: Arjun's Story
Emmy award-winning filmmaker Preeti Mankar Deb creates short films of youth coming into their sexuality. She will be joined by health educators Arjun Sheth and Vanessa Kellam.
Thursday, October 26, 2023
5:30pm – 6:30pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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College Admission: What Really Matters?
NEW! Which factors make the most difference in college-admission decisions? College admission experts Laura Stratton and Gabrielle McColgan offer a dynamic discussion about what really matters in college admission.
Thursday, November 2, 2023
5:30pm – 6:30pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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What Happened to You? A Conversation on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
NEW! We welcome renowned brain and trauma expert Bruce Perry, MD, PhD, co-author with Oprah Winfrey of What Happened to You? for a conversation on trauma, resilience, and healing.
Thursday, November 9, 2023
5:30pm – 6:30pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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Foro de padres #30 (español) - Drogas, noviazgo, escuela y mis hijos
¡NUEVO! Únase a Edwin Fernández, LCSW, One Life Counseling Center, para conversar sobre drogas, citas, la escuela y mis hijos (en español).
Martes, 24 de octubre de 2023
5:30pm – 6:30pm PT
Evento virtual (en vivo)
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¡La salud dental importa!
¡NUEVO! ¿Sabía que la salud dental de los niños puede afectar su salud física? Brenda Barrientos es una higienista dental registrada en Sonrisas Salud Dental.
Miercoles, 1 de noviembre de 2023
5:30pm – 6:30pm PT
Evento virtual (en vivo)
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Whole Child, Whole Life: 10 Ways to Help Kids Live, Learn & Thrive
Providing practical advice, stories, and time-tested strategies to help kids thrive, Stephanie Malia Krauss' new book, Whole Child, Whole Life, is required reading for anyone caring for young people.
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This Simple Fix Could Help Anxious Kids (Lenore Skenazy)
As kids’ freedom has been going down, their anxiety has been shooting up. What if the problem was simply that kids are so overprotected that they’re scared of the world? If so, the solution would be simple, too: Start letting them do more things on their own.
— The New York Times: Guest Opinion
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Squirrel Crime Scene
A dramatic flying squirrel fakes its own death in an Oscar-worthy performance.🐿️ (watch with sound on)
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Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic -- And What We Can Do About It
In Never Enough, New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist Jennifer Wallace investigates the deep roots of toxic achievement culture--and how we can fight back.
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