Parent Talks
Our signature facilitated parent discussion groups. Any grade in any of our participating NYC independent schools may set up a meeting, guided by two of our trained facilitators.
Parenting Scene
Our unique annual evening presents a speaker or panel on parenting topics geared to dads but all parents and caregivers are welcome to attend.
Teen Scene
Our acclaimed annual teen panel serves to educate parents on the issues from the teen point of view. We present a panel of kids from all four high school grades, speaking candidly on “what’s out there” for a teen growing up in the NYC independent schools.
Parent Education
Our seminars, webinars and panels feature expert speakers on a variety of pressing parenting issues and concerns.
Check out NYC-PIA’s latest events:
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.
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 preceding, owed its impact to an impressive group of NYC independent school teens. Their voices were candid, refreshing, occasionally a bit alarming,
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 Missed NYC-PIA Parenting Scene 2026? It’s not too late! We recorded the event and have made it available for streaming until May