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Parenting Scene 2025
Fathers Forum Presents Parenting Scene 2025 School Heads in Conversation with Jennifer Wallace April 29, 2025By Melanie Wells NYC-PIA Parenting Scene is an open discussion with parents, educators, and thought-leaders to delve into ...
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The Family Dynamic: How Families Inspire Successful Siblings
The Family Dynamic: How Families Inspire Successful Siblings In her new book, Susan Dominus explores the mysteries of sibling academic and professional success By Carolyn Wise How is it that all the siblings in one ...
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Teen Scene 2025 Recap
NYC-Parents in Action Teen Scene 2025 What is life really like for NYC independent high school students? February 24, 2025 By Himani Dixit For over 30 years, NYC-PIA’s Teen Scene has provided ...
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Parenting Scene 2025
Fathers Forum Presents Parenting Scene 2025 School Heads in Conversation with Jennifer Wallace April 29, 2025By Melanie Wells NYC-PIA Parenting Scene is an open discussion with parents, educators, and thought-leaders to delve into ...
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Past Events
Teen Scene 2025 Recap
NYC-Parents in Action Teen Scene 2025 What is life really like for NYC independent high school students? February 24, 2025 By Himani Dixit For over 30 years, NYC-PIA’s Teen Scene has provided ...
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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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The Family Dynamic: How Families Inspire Successful Siblings
The Family Dynamic: How Families Inspire Successful Siblings In her new book, Susan Dominus explores the mysteries of sibling academic and professional success By Carolyn Wise How is it that all the siblings in one family can become highly successful professionally? Is it laid-back parenting or energized parenting? Nature or nurture? Could it be birth order? Or just plain luck? Susan Dominus explores these questions and more in her excellent new book, The Family Dynamic. Inspired by the Brontë family and its three gifted and prolific sister ...
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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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