🎃 Fentanyl Education; How to They/Them; Raising a Well-Balanced Student

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Happy October! As Halloween draws near, we hope you're enjoying the brisk weather, colorful leaves, trips to the pumpkin patch, and fall festivals.

Wednesday! On October 19, Stacey Wisniewski, substance use expert from Prevention Solutions, Hazeldon Betty Ford Foundation, presents Fentanyl Prevention Education: How to Help Teens Make Healthy Decisions (Online).

Confused about gender pronouns? What does it mean to be gender fluid? We welcome Stuart Getty, genderqueer writer, for How to They/Them: A Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity (October 25, Online).

How can you raise a well-balanced student? Denise Pope, PhD, co-founder, Challenge Success, Stanford Graduate School of Education, presents Raising a Well-Balanced Student: Avoiding a Culture of Stress (October 26, Online).

NEW! What role do parents and the community play in preventing cannabis use? Jason R. Kilmer, PhD, cannabis prevention expert, presents Cannabis Use: The Role of Parents and Community in Prevention (November 2, Online).

NEW! How can we help kids find friendship in the age of digital media? Devorah Heither, PhD, author of Screenwise, offers Friends vs Followers: Friendship Dynamics in the Age of Social Media (November 3, Online).

This month's Parent Forums feature Edwin Fernandez, LMFT, in Padres que promueven y establecen límites y reglas (español) (October 18, Online) and Eran Magen, PhD, in Building Trust and Goodwill with Your Child/Teen (October 28, Online).

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Upcoming 2022 - 2023 Events

Fentanyl Prevention Education: How to Help Teens Make Healthy Decisions

Wednesday! Stacey Wisniewski, Prevention Solutions, Hazeldon Betty Ford Foundation, will explain the risks of fentanyl use among adolescents (in English with simultaneous Spanish interpretation).

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Online Event (Live)

How to They/Them: A Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity

What is gender identity? Stuart Getty, a genderqueer writer, will discuss How to They/Them: A Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity.

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Online Event (Live)

Raising a Well-Balanced Student: Avoiding a Culture of Stress

NEW! How can you raise a well-balanced student in a high-pressure culture? Join Denise Pope, PhD, co-founder, Challenge Success, Stanford Graduate School of Education, for tools and strategies.

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Online Event (Live)

Cannabis Use: The Role of Parents and Community in Prevention

NEW! Jason R. Kilmer, PhD, a national expert in cannabis prevention and intervention, will address your questions and look at the recent science related to cannabis use.

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Online Event (Live)

Friends vs Followers: Friendship Dynamics in the Age of Social Media

NEW! How can we help kids find real friendships in the age of digital/social media? Join Devorah Heitner, PhD, author of Screenwise, to learn more.

Thursday, November 3, 2022

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Online Event (Live)

Youth Opportunity

Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health Seeks New Advisory Group Members

Stanford Psychiatry's Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing is looking to expand their Youth Advisory Group. Open to youth 16 to 25 in Southern San Mateo County, with a strong interest in youth mental health. Applications close October 31, 2022.

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Parent Forums

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Foro de padres #22 (español) - Padres que promueven y establecen límites y reglas

(Parents who promote and set rules and limits)

Únase a nosotros para un nuevo Foro de padres (español) con Edwin Fernandez, LCSW, One Life Counseling Center. En esta charla, hablaremos sobre el elemento de los límites and las reglas.

Martes, 18 de octubre de 2022

5:30pm - 6:30pm PT

Evento en linea (en vivo)

Parent Forum #18 - Building Trust and Goodwill with Your Child/Teen

Join us for a new Parent Forum (English) with Eran Magen, PhD, parent-child communication expert and founder of Parenting for Humans. How can you build trust and goodwill with your child or teen?

Friday, October 28, 2022

12:00pm – 1:00pm PT

Online Event (Live)

In the News

I Thought I’d Found a Cheat Code for Parenting

William Stixrud and Ned Johnson, authors of The Self-Driven Child, suggest that an over-reliance on external rewards not only impedes kids from motivating themselves, but can also make them feel like their parent’s love is conditional.

— The Atlantic: Family

Just for Fun

Elephants Smash Giant Pumpkins

They did the mash! Asian elephant family stomped and snacked on over 1,200 lbs of pumpkins during the annual Squishing of the Squash at the Oregon Zoo!

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Learning by Heart: Creating “Innovation-Ready” Students for the Future

Tony Wagner, PhD, global expert in education and bestselling author of Creating Innovators, describes how we can prepare our students to bring the skills of innovation to whatever they do.

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