From the President’s Letter – Winter 2015
We are filled with hope that 2015 will continue to see families finding ways to connect, finding time to talk to each other and spending time in one another’s company. In 2014, parents were confronted...
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Get into a Top College, Earn Thousand of Dollars in Merit Scholarships, and Still Have a Life! By Dan Molloy As parents of high school students, you want your children to have the best possible options...
View ArticleSocial Media Smarts For Tweens and Teens – It Starts Earlier Than You Think
Guest Column By Alan Katzman Learning how to use social media is an imperative life skill for today’s youth and their parents. Parents can empower their children with the knowledge to make good choices...
View ArticleFrom the President’s Letter – Spring 2015
Graduation season is upon us! We congratulate everyone who has a child moving schools or divisions or even matriculating to the next grade. It is a time of collective exultation and exhalation. Staying...
View ArticleMoney Learning, Through the Years
By Dr. Melissa Donohue The baby boom generation – the largest in our history – is now parenting the millennial generation, our current children and teens. This sizeable group, too, will leave its...
View ArticleSpotlight on Facilitators: MAGGIE LEAR
By Melanie Wells Maggie Lear, in her third year as a PIA facilitator, finds that “good facilitation is so much more of an art than a science.” Maggie notes she is “enjoying” it, and recalls that she...
View ArticleDon’t Fall for the Common Habits Myth that Stops People from Making...
Don’t Fall for the Common Habits Myth that Stops People from Making Successful Change By Gretchen Rubin, gretchenrubin.com People often ask me, “Why do we struggle so hard to change our habits–why do...
View ArticleSpotlight on Facilitators: CHRIS THEODOROS
Chris Theodoros – experienced facilitator, PIA board member, Fathers Forum planner, and involved dad to a 7th grader and a 10th grader, has been facilitating for almost seven years, yet it is clear...
View ArticleSexual Consent: Tips to Avoid Criminal Problems, from Ilann Maazel
Sexual Consent: Tips to Avoid Criminal Problems, from Ilann Maazel For those who missed our dynamic and informative Fall Seminar panel, “Teens and Sex: Understanding Healthy Decision Making,” please...
View ArticleSpotlight on Facilitators: KATHERINE WEBER
Ask Katherine Weber about facilitating, and it’ll be clear her enthusiasm is as strong now, after five years, as it was when she was first drawn to the work. She happily notes that the rewards of...
View ArticleUsing Social Media as a College Application Tool
Using Social Media as a College Application Tool by Liz Repking, Founder of Cyber Safety Consulting (cybersafetyconsulting.com) If you have sent a child off to high school, you understand that...
View ArticleTOP 10 HOT TOPICS
– Increase in Heroin Use and the Opioid Epidemic – Teen Suicide – 13 Reasons Why – Bullying – Binge Drinking – Consent – Social Media and Internet Addiction – Coping with Stress – Vaping: Latest Drug...
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