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Understanding College Admissions with Debra Resnicoff
Join NYC-Parents in Action (NYC-PIA) for an instructional webinar featuring admissions consultant Debra Resnicoff, moderated by Geoffrey Golia, LCSW, on how to navigate the college admissions process and still keep your cool. With the right tools, families can keep their cool during the college admissions process. Resnicoff will walk through building a college list, test choices, essay writing, ...
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NEWS AND VIEWS
Parenting Advice
When Habit Becomes Compulsion: Body Image, Sports Betting, and Screens
Screens are a part of our world. On Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026, Dr. Jodi Gold sat down with PIA Advisory Board member Geoffrey Golia to discuss the benefits of video games, the dangers ...
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The Power of Mattering: The Key to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose
Jennifer B. Wallace sat down with Dr. Laurie Freeman to discuss the power of mattering for both children and adults. Wallace unpacks an urgent case: that the fundamental need of mattering is going ...
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Parenting Advice
Teen Scene 40th Anniversary Retrospective Interview with Lucy Gianino
A Retrospective Convesation with Lucy Martin Gianino after 40 Years by Melanie Wells This year, NYC-Parents in Action’s Teen Scene 2026 marked four decades of the popular teen panel. The event, like those ...
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In Case You Missed it
Parenting Advice
When Habit Becomes Compulsion: Body Image, Sports Betting, and Screens
Screens are a part of our world. On Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026, Dr. Jodi Gold sat down with PIA Advisory Board member Geoffrey Golia to discuss the benefits of video games, the dangers ...
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Parenting Advice
Teen Scene 40th Anniversary Retrospective Interview with Lucy Gianino
A Retrospective Convesation with Lucy Martin Gianino after 40 Years by Melanie Wells This year, NYC-Parents in Action’s Teen Scene 2026 marked four decades of the popular teen panel. The event, like those ...
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Parenting Advice
Parenting Scene 2026 Recording
It’s not too late! Stream Parenting Scene 2026 Heads of Horace Mann and Avenues New York with Dr. Aliza Pressman (with live Q&A): A conversation about resilience, raising good humans, and teaching life ...
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Power of Mattering: The Key to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose
Jennifer B. Wallace sat down with Dr. Laurie Freeman to discuss the power of mattering for both children and adults. Wallace unpacks an urgent case: that the fundamental need of mattering is going unmet in today's world, how we can find it for ourselves and how we can teach it to our children.
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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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