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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

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Welcome Back to the 2023-2024 School Year!

Parenting is full of paradoxes. We want our children to be independent, yet we want to protect them and provide support. We encourage them to excel in school, yet we don’t want them to be anxious. We embrace new technology, but struggle with how to protect our children from its harmful effects. At NYC-Parents in Action, we aim to support parents as they face these challenges. We don’t believe that there is only one right way, but we do know effective support is anchored in good communication – with each other through our Parent Talks, with our children and through expert advice.

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In Case You Missed it

Past Event

Toxic Achievement Culture with Jennifer B. Wallace (May 2023)

Moderator Laurie Freeman, PhD, introduced Jennifer B. Wallace, author of the forthcoming book, Never Enough, where Jennifer investigates the deep roots of toxic achievement culture, and finds out what we must do to fight back. Drawing on interviews with families, educators, and an original survey of nearly 6,000 parents, she exposes how the pressure to perform is not a matter of parental choice but baked in to our larger society and spurred by increasing income inequality and dwindling opportunities. As a result, children are increasingly absorbing the message that they have no value outside of their accomplishments, a message that is reinforced by the media and greater culture at large.

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Launching Financial Grownups with Bobbi Rebbel (April 2023)

Many people find it awkward to talk about money, but author and financial expert Bobbi Rebell assured NYC-Parents in Action’s Online Seminar Series audience that the way to help children become financially mature is through good decision-making and regular, honest conversation.

Moderator Laurie Freeman, PhD, introduced Bobbi Rebell, certified financial planner, journalist, author of Launching Financial Grownups and parent of three, for a conversation on how to manage expectations and guide your kids toward financial independence. Laurie asked Bobbi to set the stage with a hint of what it means to “launch financial grown-ups”:

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Fathers Forum 2023: Nurturing Connection at Home and at School

NYC-Parents in Action’s 2023 Fathers Forum was held March 2nd at the Trinity School. This annual event focuses on fathers and their roles in the lives of their children. In recent years, Fathers Forum has evolved from a “men only” space to welcome mothers and caregivers of all kinds, and also from in-person-only, to online-only during the pandemic, and now to a hybrid model, with an audience in the room joined by others on Zoom. What hasn’t changed, however, is the thoughtful conversation about how dads can be effective parents in an environment that only gets more complex and challenging.

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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 parenting are deeply felt, but so are the frustrations. In April, NYC-Parents in Action had an informal Q and A with Samantha Altman Gardner, Spence School class of 2008, and former NYC-PIA Teen Scene panelist,. Samantha spoke frankly about her own tough parenting experience and how it led her to found Happypillar, a support application for parents where AI and technology are used to provide practical, accessible family help. Here is her story:

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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 parents are often plagued with questions like this, and we all know parenting can be a struggle. For our latest “Q&A: Ask The Expert,” we spoke with NPR reporter Michaeleen Doucleff, author of current parenting bestseller Hunt, Gather, Parent. Doucleff grappled with these same questions and tackled them in a creative and unorthodox fashion—by traveling thousands of miles to learn how parents in non-Western societies successfully raise children who appear more confident and helpful than Western children.

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