Wednesday, April 7, 2010
They Only Get To Grow Up Once: Preventing Your Child’s Future Drug and Alcohol Use
Alison Birnbaum, LCSW, “Ask the Expert” at www.theAntiDrug.com,
This skill building session focuses on how to communicate with your kids and keep them substance free. It includes topics such as “How to monitor without being irritating,” “It is possible to be cool even if you don’t smoke or drink,” “How important is an “absolute no,” “Urban legends like “trust” and “teaching my child to drink safely,” and “When is the right time for the d & a talk?” Alison has conducted extensive market research on how to help parents speak to their children about drug use.
The following are two scripts for setting a “No Marijuana” rule. What elements are missing in Rule Setting #1? What crucial element is missing in Rule Setting #2? Come to the lecture and skill building session on April 7th to find out!
To read more and for a “peak preview” of the lecture click here.
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Monday, March 1, 2010
Avoiding Bullying, Cliques and Exclusion
by Meg Domino, MPH, CHES, Exec. Director, New Canaan Cares
Beginning in elementary school and escalating in middle school, aggression (generally physical with boys and emotional with girls) results in bullying, cliques, and exclusion. Learn how and why this happens and what you can do to prevent your child from being victim or aggressor. Meg’s strategy session will provide you with a sampling of what our children fear, feel, and believe regarding friendships and social behaviors as well as offer tools to help build pro-social behaviors and avoid bullying. Meg can be reached at New Canaan Cares.
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Parents Together held a gathering at Greenwich Town Hall on Friday, February 5th at 1:00 p.m in the Cone Room (2nd floor) for a compelling presentation aimed at educating parents about safe teen driving. “It Won’t Happen to Me”. Visit www.itwonthappentome.org for more information.
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On Tuesday, February 2, 2010, we hosted Bob Bigelow, former NBA 1st-round draft choice, who discussed Adults and Children in Organized Youth Sports: Who Wins, Who Loses? Bob’s mission is to put the “youth” back in youth sports and find a balance at home and on the field. Too many youth sports systems meet the adults’ needs rather than kids’ needs and therefore create dispiriting sideline and “behind the scenes” behaviors and problems, and burned-out kids. Up to 75% of our kids drop out of youth sports by age 13! Why, and how can we make sports better for them? We learned new common-sense approaches for positive change in youth sports prog
rams by one of the foremost lecturers in the country regarding youth sport s. This lecture was co-sponsored by the Old Greenwich Riverside Community Center and was held at the OGRCC. Click here to download flyer.Elementary Years Cyber Smarts: Internet Safety and Cyberbullying
Co-sponsored with Old Greenwich School
Monica Vila, www.TheOnlineMom.com
We began the new year with a talk by Monica Villa the Online Mom.We learned more about social networking, photo sharing, video games, IM & texting, internet security, cyberbullying, educational resources, gadgets and software and learned how to encourage responsible behavior and help the elementary child safely harness the power of technology in the new digital world.
Click here for pdf of Greenwich Time Article
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Monday, November 16
“Teaching Effective Eating and Exercise Habits to Children and Teens”
Erica Christ, Registered Dietician, and Lisa Elpi, Senior Exercise Physiologist, both from Greenwich Hospital’s Center for Healthy Living, will discuss your child’s return to school and the challenges of providing healthy snacks, maintaining adequate hydration, and sustaining active lifestyles throughout the school year. Click here for printable flyer in pdf format.
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Tuesday, October 20 at 9:15 a.m.
Parenting Without Fear: Do Less, Accomplish More
Dr. Paul Donahue, nationally-recognized clinical psychologist and author, helps parents approach their role with confidence and courage, focus on their own values and aspirations for their children, and look beyond the academic, athletic and social pressures faced by families. To learn more about Dr. Paul Donahue, click here to see his website. To download lecture handout, “10 Ways to Do Less and Accomplish More as a Parent” click here.
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Monday, September 21
Internet Smarts: Online Safety and Social Networking in a Changing World
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