SHARE:  
β€Š

Dear Parents and Caregivers,


Welcome, December! The holiday season is officially underway ... we hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with love, laughter, and lots of family time.


🌟 Join us this week for special events on substance use and raising thriving teens:


  • Eduardo Torres, substance use prevention expert and founder of Pathways for Prevention, presents Understanding Addiction: A Community Conversation for Parents, Caregivers, and Educators (December 4).


  • Ellen Galinsky, renowned child development expert and author (Mind in the Making) joins us to discuss her new book, The Breakthrough Years: A New Scientific Framework for Raising Thriving Teens (December 5). Don't miss it!


β›„ Mark your calendars for these great events coming up in December!


  • In this month's Foro de padres #41 (espaΓ±ol), Michelle Remond, educator, immigrant, and RCSD Community Liaison, offers Las fiestas de diciembre y el dolor de ser migrante (December 10).


  • NEW! Isabelle Hau, Executive Director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning, presents Artificial Intelligence and The Future of Learning: 5 Things Parents and Educators Should Know About AI (December 11).


🏈 Check us out! Follow the action on Instagram and Facebook, sign up here for our free weekly newsletter, and visit The Parent Venture website.


🍿 Miss a live event or want to share a webinar? Click here to subscribe to our free Video Library (YouTube), now with 300+ recordings and 230K+ video views.


Recent video recordings include:



🎁 Have you ever met a parent who had it all figured out? This #GivingTuesday, your gift helps The Parent Venture continue delivering FREE parent and community education!


In gratitude,

Donate for  #GivingTuesday!

"I'm grateful for what you and your group does for the community. Wishing you great success in the coming years."

ο»Ώ

– Rekha P., Educator, Cupertino Union School District (CUSD)

Upcoming 2024 - 2025 Events

β€Š

Understanding Addiction: A Community Conversation for Parents, Caregivers, and Educators


Eduardo Torres, Substance Misuse Expert, Founder, Pathways for Prevention


Wednesday, December 4, 2024

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Virtual Event (Live)

Info & Register
β€Š
Info & Register

The Breakthrough Years: A New Scientific Framework for Raising Thriving Teens


Ellen Galinsky, Renowned Author, Researcher, Developmental Educator


Thursday, December 5, 2024

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Virtual Event (Live)

β€Š

Artificial Intelligence and The Future of Learning: 5 Things Parents and Educators Should Know About AI


Isabelle Hau, Executive Director,

Stanford Accelerator for Learning


Wednesday, December 11, 2024

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Virtual Event (Live)

Info & Register

The Parent Forum

InformaciΓ³n y registro

Foro de padres #41 (espaΓ±ol) - Las fiestas de diciembre y el dolor de ser migrante


Michelle Remond, maestra, migrante y enlace comunitario del Distrito Escolar de Redwood City


Martes 10 de diciembre de 2024

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Evento en linea (en vivo)

Community Events

UnLonely for the Holidays!


This holiday season, Project UnLonely invites you to join us for a free, virtual art-making celebration. Creative expression rewires our brains for the better!


Friday, December 13, 2024

12:30pm - 1:30pm PT

Virtual Event (Live)

Learn More & Register
β€Š

SEPTAR Presents Inclusive Schools Week


The Redwood City School District and SEPTAR (Special Education PTA) invite you to the Inclusive Schools Week Celebration. Free fun for the whole family! septarinfo@gmail.com


Saturday, December 7, 2024

9:30am – 11:30am PT

Roosevelt School, Redwood City

More Info

In the News

Parents are worried that their anger might be influencing their children. Here’s what experts say


Many parents worry about the example they set for their kids in managing their own anger. However, parents have the power to serve as positive examples when it comes to regulating emotions like anger.


ο»Ώβ€” CNN: Life But Better (Relationships)

Read More

Just for Fun

β€Š

First Look at Notre Dame Cathedral's Renovated Interior


Incroyable! French President Emmanuel Macron leads a tour to celebrate the 2,000 workers and artisans β€” stonecutters and carpenters, sculptors and engineers β€” who helped restore Notre Dame.

Watch Video

Video Library

BoyMom: Reimaginging Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity


In BoyMom, author Ruth Whippman digs into the impossibly contradictory pressures that boys face, and the harmful blind spots of male socialization that leave boys isolated, emotionally repressed, and adrift.

Watch Video

Parenting Quotes

Come play with us on social media!

Facebook  Instagram  YouTube  LinkedIn

The Parent Venture is a leading provider of inclusive, high-quality education for parents/caregivers, educators, health professionals, and community members.


The Parent Education Series is a program of The Parent Venture, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.


Our mailing address is:

The Parent Venture

325 Sharon Park Drive, Suite 327

Menlo Park, CA 94025


Copyright Β© 2024 The Parent Venture. All rights reserved.


Click here to subscribe to The Parent Venture newsletter.

Unsubscribe link at bottom of this email.


β€Š
β€Š
β€Š
β€Š
β€Š
β€Š
β€Š
β€Š
β€Š
β€Š
β€Š
β€Š
β€Š
β€Š
β€Š
β€Š
β€Š
β€Š
β€Š