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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Fathers Forum 2023 – A Welcome Space for Dads, Caregivers, Parents
For over a decade, NYC-Parents in Action has carved out an annual, special meeting space for dads: the popular Fathers Forum. Here, NYC-PIA’s motto, “Be involved, Be informed, Be connected,” comes to life uniquely and sympathetically slanted to fathers and their particular concerns. Among our constituent dads, we’ve found there is an earnest quest – and strong commitment – to do the best parenting job they can.
In Case You Missed it
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.
Teen Scene 2023 (February 2023)
For the 2023 NYC-Parents in Action Teen Scene, a panel of 16 teens, from 9th to 12th grade and ages 14-18 years old, spoke virtually with NYC-PIA Chairman and panel moderator, Lucy Martin Gianino, about their experiences in high school post-COVID.
Food and Your Child: Navigating Struggles with Eating and Body Image (January 2023)
In a detailed conversation between Dr. Marian Tanofsky-Kraff (clinical psychologist; eating disorder and body size researcher) and NYC-PIA’s Head of Facilitation, Laurie Freeman, PhD, parents learned that when weight, size and disordered eating are the focus, good communication may be as much about what NOT to say as what to say. That, and keen observation, are tools parents can use to help prevent disordered eating.
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.
Ask the Expert: Lucy Martin-Gianino
Talk about leaving a legacy! Lucy Martin-Gianino has moderated NYC-Parents in Action’s Teen Scene since its inception in 1986. As the Teen Scene moderator, Lucy oversees a teen panel offering parents a chance to hear high schoolers speak candidly about the academic, social, substance abuse and mental health issues they face growing up in the New York City independent schools. Lucy, an actress and trained facilitator, joined NYC-Parents in Action four decades ago with a desire to support PIA’s commitment to serve parents of the New York City independent schools. After 35 years, there’s not much Lucy hasn’t heard! To celebrate 35 YEARS of Teen Scene, we chatted with Lucy, fondly dubbed a “Lifer for Parents in Action.”