FALL SEMINAR 2016
Teens and Sex
Understanding Consent & Healthy Decision Making.
Wed Oct 26, 7 - 8:30pm
Trevor Day Auditorium, 312 E 95th St
HEAR expert panelists Ted Bunch, Justine Fonte and Rachel Henes address the compelling topic of Consent, and how to talk to your teen.
Fall 2016 PIA
Benefit Luncheon
Thurs, Nov 10, 12:00 – 2:00 pm
Colony Club, 564 Park Ave at 62nd St
Colony Club, 564 Park Ave at 62nd St
Support PIA! Join us for luncheon and hear guest speaker Perri Peltz: documentary film maker, health advocate, broadcast journalist and Aspen Ideas Speaker.
Teen Scene 2017
Monday, February 6, 6 - 8:00 pm
Trinity School, 101 W. 91st Street
Our popular annual Signature Event returns: Independent School Teen Panelists, moderated by PIA’s Lucy Martin Gianino speak candidly about life in the high school years in NYC.
PAST EVENT HIGHLIGHT
Frank Bruni on College Admissions Mania
November 2015 PIA Fall Benefit
Frank Bruni, acclaimed New York Times Columnist and author of Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be, reminded a sold out, rapt PIA Benefit audience that there are “any number of . . . educational paths that get you to distinction, accomplishment, success, contentment.”
PAST EVENT HIGHLIGHT
Money Learning,
Dr. Melissa Donohue
Fall 2016
PIA School Rep Luncheon
Start early, said Dr. Donohue, Founder and Principal of Financial Nutrition. It’s the best way to counter our reluctance since, often, “we’d rather talk to our kids about sex than money.” Offering compelling reasons to push past the discomfort, and clear guidelines for doing so, Dr. Donohue enlightened her audience with practical and welcome advice.
PAST EVENT HIGHLIGHT
An Evening for Fathers with Ron Lieber
Fathers Forum 2016
The large crowd of Dads present at the Dalton School on March 1 enjoyed a lively evening with New York Times columnist and author, Ron Lieber. Referencing his recent book, The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous and Smart About Money, Ron offered a thoughtful and thought-provoking focus on values and hard choices.
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Teens and Sex:
Understanding Consent and
Healthy Decision Making.
Wed Oct. 26, 7 - 8:30 pm
Trevor Day Auditorium, 312 East 95th St
Hear expert panelists Ted Bunch, Justine Fonte,
Rachel Henes and Emi Nakazato address the compelling
topic of Consent, and how to talk to your teen.
FALL SEMINAR 2016
Fall 2016 PIA
Benefit Luncheon
Thursday, November 10, 12:00 – 2:00 pm
Colony Club, 564 Park Avenue at 62nd Street
Support PIA! Join us for luncheon and hear guest speaker
Perri Peltz: documentary film maker, health advocate, broadcast
journalist and Aspen Ideas Speaker.
TEEN SCENE 2017
Monday, February 6, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Trinity School, 101 W. 91st Street
Our popular annual Signature Event returns: Independent
School Teen Panelists, moderated by PIA’s Lucy Martin Gianino
speak candidly about life in the high school years in NYC.
Frank Bruni on College
Admissions Mania
November 2015 PIA Fall Benefit
Frank Bruni, acclaimed New York Times Columnist and author of Where
You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be, reminded a sold out, rapt PIA Benefit
audience that there are “any number of . . . educational paths that get
you to distinction, accomplishment, success, contentment.”
PAST EVENT HIGHLIGHT
Money Learning,
Dr. Melissa Donohue
Fall 2016 PIA School Rep Luncheon
Start early, said Dr. Donohue, Founder and Principal of Financial
Nutrition. It’s the best way to counter our reluctance since, often,
“we’d rather talk to our kids about sex than money.” Offering
compelling reasons to push past the discomfort, and clear
guidelines for doing so, Dr. Donohue enlightened her audience
with practical and welcome advice.
PAST EVENT HIGHLIGHT
An Evening for Fathers
with Ron Lieber
Fathers Forum 2016
The large crowd of Dads present at the Dalton School on
March 1 enjoyed a lively evening with New York Times
columnist and author, Ron Lieber. Referencing his recent book,
The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded,
Generous and Smart About Money, Ron offered a thoughtful
and thought-provoking focus on values and hard choices.
PAST EVENT HIGHLIGHT
Spotlight on Facilitators:
MAGGIE LEAR
by Melanie Wells
Maggie Lear, in her third year as a PIA facilitator, finds that “good facilitation is so much more of an art than a science.” Maggie notes she is “enjoying” it, and recalls that she first learned about PIA…
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Guest Column
Don’t Fall for the Common Habits Myth that Stops People from Making Successful Change
by Gretchen Rubin
People often ask me, “Why do we struggle so hard to change our habits–why do we so often fail?” There are a few reasons, but there’s one big one — a popular myth about habits that leads people astray. It makes them accuse themselves of being lazy, self-indulgent, and lacking in will power. It causes them to fail. What is this myth? It’s the myth that there’s a magic, one-size-fits-all solution for habit change…
Question of the Month: September 2016
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PIA News & Views
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Letter from a Former President
Autumn can begin with mixed emotions. Even as we share our children’s excitement about the upcoming school year, we wonder about the challenges
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Editor’s Letter – September 2016
The verdict is in: distracted driving is deadly - as deadly as drunk driving. The group MADD has successfully campaigned long and hard enough to make
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Becoming Better than Before
Do you eat the fabulous artisanal chocolate bar one square at a time over the course of a week or do you eat it all at once? If you eat it all at once
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Creating a Consent Culture by Talking to Our Children
According to statistics some 20-25% of young women are sexually assaulted on college campuses, said Lisa Oshrow, a Health and Sexual Educator, kicking
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Ron Lieber Talks About Values, Finance, Hard Questions and Choices
Nobody wants to raise a spoiled child. As Ron Lieber, the guest speaker at this year’s Fathers Only event, reminded us: “Spoiled is a verb, not just a
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Teen Scene Then and Now: Thirty Years of Conversations, with Lucy Martin Gianino
PIA’s signature event, Teen Scene XXX, celebrated its 30th birthday February 1st, reassuring the audience that their kids really are okay - despite...
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Frank Bruni Wows Parents at PIA Fall Benefit
Anyone you know applying to college? Few situations are as charged as the admissions process, and application mania, while a treatable condition,
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“Money Learning” – Start Early for Financial Health
“We’d rather talk to our kids about sex than about money,” was the quip with which Dr. Melissa Donohue, Founder and Principal of Financial Nutrition,
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Your Child and Online Safety: Communication Matters
Virtually all parents – when they have doubts or agonize over solving a child-rearing problem – share a drive to reach the goal that trumps all others
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Foodfight.org Founder Offers a Brief Lesson in “Food Literacy”
You care deeply about your child’s nutrition. You’ve read the rising – and frightening – statistics on the overweight/ obesity/diabetes epidemic…
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Mother’s Day 2015
Six weeks ago Faye de Muyshondt’s second child, Oliver, was born; six years ago she gave birth to socialsklz:-). Before Oliver came marriage and...
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Fathers Only 2015
NYC-PIA’s annual “Fathers Only” took on a unique format for a full house of over 230 dads at the Hewitt School this year. Hosted by PIA Board Member..
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Fall Benefit Luncheon 2014
“Hate Me Now, Thank Me Later” - Dr. Robin Berman’s UK book title - succinctly captures the message and tone of her very entertaining presentation...
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How to Raise a Drug Free Kid
Parents have a lot more power than they may realize to prevent teens from sliding into substance abuse. That was the strong message a sell-out...
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School Relations Luncheon
“When you pictured having a family, what did that look like? Who was your child going to be to you, and for you?” So began the interactive...
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Kids & Drugs: What Your Teen Knows
On a Tuesday night in October, in an auditorium filled to capacity at the Nightingale-Bamford School, parents viewed “Out of Reach,” a documentary...
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Karen Finerman’s Strategies for Life
Karen Finerman spoke to the sell-out audience at NYC-Parents in Action’s annual Mother’s Day Benefit held on May 13, 2014…
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Transitions
Sometimes an article is hard to write because its content lies close to the heart. Such was the case with this writer, reporting on Dr. Catherine...