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EVENTS
Fathers Forum
SAVE THE DATE FOR FATHERS FORUM 2025: Building Bridges and Solidifying Connections (April 29th)
Join NYC Heads of School, Robbie Pennoyer (Grace Church School) and Dr. Tom Kelly (Horace Mann School) with award-winning journalist and author Jennifer Wallace discuss parenting in today's achievement culture and supporting your children as they navigate school and social pressures.
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NEWS AND VIEWS
Parenting Advice
Rebels with a Cause: NYC-PIA Interview with Dr. Niobe Way
Rebels with a CauseNYC-PIA Interview with Dr. Niobe Way “It isn’t the rebels who cause the troubles of the world, it’s the troubles of the world that cause the rebel.” – Carl Ogilsby May 6, ...
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Parenting Advice
Finding Comfort while Grieving
In her new activity book, My Grief Comfort Book, Brie Overton helps children process the many emotions and feelings they experience when grieving.
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Past Events
The Disengaged Teen
Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop discuss how to turn your teen's boredom and burnout into a love of learning.
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In Case You Missed it
Past Events
The Disengaged Teen
Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop discuss how to turn your teen's boredom and burnout into a love of learning.
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Past Events
Talking to Your Adolescent Daughter about Her Body and Reproductive Health (December 2024)
Talking to Your Adolescent Daughter about Her Body and Reproductive Health The importance of openness and educationaround this sensitive topic December 4, 2024 By Jessie Wixon Dr. Laurie Freeman sat down with ...
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Past Events
Healing Together: Navigating Grief and Loss (October 2024)
Healing Together: Navigating Grief and Loss How to help your family recognize and navigate trauma, coping as a family, supporting each other, and finding connection while grieving October 2024 By Melanie Wells ...
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Rebels with a Cause: NYC-PIA Interview with Dr. Niobe Way
Rebels with a CauseNYC-PIA Interview with Dr. Niobe Way “It isn’t the rebels who cause the troubles of the world, it’s the troubles of the world that cause the rebel.” – Carl Ogilsby May 6, 2025by Himani Dixit, MD Parents in Action board members, Charles Harkless and Oscar Bleetstein, recently had the opportunity to interview Dr. Niobe Way, internationally recognized Professor of Developmental Psychology at NYU. For over four decades, Dr. Way has conducted in-depth research on the emotional development of our young people and on how ...
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Ask the Expert: Samantha Altman Gardner
Almost all parents eventually confront one of those days, when we’re frazzled, out of patience and wondering how child-rearing can be so hard when we thought it would come naturally. The rewards of ...
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Ask the Expert: Michaeleen Doucleff
Why doesn’t my child pitch in and help around the house? Is it so much to ask him to just load the dishwasher? Why doesn’t she cooperate? Why does he lack confidence? Today’s ...
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