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Fathers Forum 2025: Parents Perspectives
School Heads in Conversation with Jennifer Wallace
on Toxic Achievement Culture
TUESDAY, April 29th, 2025, 6:30 pm
at the Trinity School, 139 West 91st and via Zoom
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 as they explore the impact of achievement culture and other forces impacting our children, our families, and our society. Our panel will discuss best practices for parents and educations to foster resilience, and create a culture truly feel they matter.
Fathers Forum isn’t just for dads! Moms, caregivers, everyone is welcome to come and learn from our education and parenting experts.
Robbie Pennoyer
Head of Grace Church School
Dr. Thomas Kelly
Head of Horace Mann School
Jennifer Wallace
Award-winning Journalist and Author
Is your teen checked out? Stressed out? Have they disengaged from school and social life? Would you like to help them turn that disengagement into drive, in and out of school? This webinar will empower parents to become active participants in helping their children learn better, feel better and live better.
“Winthrop and Anderson take on some of the toughest questions about America’s education crisis—and, building on five years of meticulous research, show parents the levers they can use to unlock inner drive in their children.”
—Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better
REGISTER FOR FATHERS FORUM TODAY
*All registered participants will receive a recording of the event.*
Submit your questions when you register.
Tickets are $25. Financially supported tickets are available.
Questions that will be addressed include:
- How does achievement culture impact our kids?
- How can parents help children feel that they matter?
- How can we ensure a constructive dialogue between educators and parents?
- How do we lessen unhealthy stress on our children?
- What are ways we can shift the focus from external achievement to internal growth?
- How can parents counter the negative impacts of technology and social media on their kids?
Submit your questions when you register for this event.
Our Panelists:
Jennifer Wallace
Wallace is an award-winning journalist and author of the book Never Enough: When Achievement Pressure Becomes Toxic – and What We Can Do About It. She is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post and appears on national television to discuss her articles and relevant topics in the news.
After graduating from Harvard College, Wallace began her journalism career at CBS “60 Minutes,” where she was part of a team that won The Robert F. Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism. She is a Journalism Fellow at the The Center for Parent and Teen Communication at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Wallace serves on the board of the Coalition for the Homeless in New York City, where she lives with her husband and their three children.
Robbie Pennoyer
Head of School at Grace Church School, Pennoyer is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Divinity School, where he studied religion and literature, pastoral ministry, and school leadership. Before coming to Grace, he served as a teaching fellow at the Shrewsbury School in England; a seventh-grade teacher and secondary school advisor at St. Bernard’s School; and an Upper School admissions officer at Riverdale Country School. Pennoyer also spent fourteen summers working at Camp Lanakila, where he directed the music program, supervised counselors, and trained staff in teaching and counseling. He was ordained to the priesthood in October 2016 and volunteers as a priest associate at the Church of the Heavenly Rest.
Dr. Thomas Kelly
Dr. Kelly is Head at Horace Mann School, an independent day school in Bronx, NY. In addition to his administrative duties, he is a member of the Upper Division faculty where he has taught both Ethics in School and Society and Advanced Placement Psychology. Beyond the walls of Horace Mann School, Dr. Kelly’s commitment to the community at large includes serving as a member of the Board of Directors for Early Steps, Riverdale Senior Services, Inc., The IDEAL School and the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance. He is also a member of the advisory boards serving the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and the Pre-College Program at Columbia University.
In addition to his N-12 duties, Dr. Kelly has held the rank of Adjunct Assistant Professor of Education at several graduate programs, including Teachers College, Columbia University and City College of New York. He holds M.A. and M.Ed. degrees in education, as well as M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in behavior disorders and research.
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