Parenting Series

Support your child through the academic, social and emotional pitfalls of adolescence. Learn how you can help your child develop and hone social and emotional skills. You will be provided with a set of strategies to set standards, model healthy behavior, understand your child’s evolving world, and develop open communication to help build resilience in your child. Facilitator: Debbie Gross, LCSW

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Pick Your Battles

A District 67 Parent Awareness Event
All parents welcome!

Tuesday, November 10
9:15 to 10:45 AM
West Campus Administration Building
300 S. Waukegan Road, Lake Forest

Speakers: Karen Jacobson, MA, LMFT, LCPC, and Lauren Bondy, MSW, Co-Founders of Parenting Perspectives

Thursday, April 23
7:00-8:30 PM
Deerpath Middle School Auditorium (East)
95 West Deerpath, Lake Forest

Hal Urban, parent and award-winning teacher and author, shows us simple and immediate ways that we can use language to change lives--both our own and those around us.

Hal Urban's books include "Powerful Words, Powerful Results" and "Life's Greatest Lessons: 20 Things that Matter."

What Every High School Senior Wants to Know

Free to all high school seniors

When: Sunday, April 19, 1:30-4:30 PM

Where: CROYA, 400 Hastings Road, Lake Forest

Get your questions answered by a panel of current college students, pick up smart money tips, learn about dorm life, sexual assault and other dating issues, and much more! Pizza and great door prizes for your dorm.

This fun, interactive workshop will provide parents with tools for understanding, preventing, and redirecting power struggles. Parents can use these easy-to-implement strategies immediately to make their homes more peaceful! (Free of charge to all parents)

What: "No! And You Can't Make Me!" A program for parents of children in pre-K to 5th grade.

Who: Lauren Bondy and Karen Jacobson of Parenting Perspectives

When: Thursday, March 12, 7:00-8:30 PM

For Parents of Middle School Students

A Lake Forest Country Day School Hosted Event

Who:Heather Hale, Psy.D., LCPC, CADC, and Stacy Vermylen, LEAD/SpeakUp! Prevention Coalition

When: Tuesday, April 14, 7 PM

What: Presentation and Discussion

Why Gender Matters
Speaker, Renowned Dr. Leonard Sax
A Lake Forest Country Day School Hosted Event

Who: Family physician, psychologist and well-known speaker on child development and innate gender differences, Dr. Leonard Sax

What: Presentation...Gender Differences in Motivation and Learning

When: Thursday, February 5, 7 PM

Where: Lake Forest Country Day School, 145 S. Green Bay Road, Lake Forest

Information: Call Lake Forest Country Day School at 847-234-2350. The event is open to the public at no charge.

Are boys and girls wired the same way? Dr. Sax will give us his perspective on Gender Differences in Motivation and Learning. The entire community is welcome to hear this enlightening presentation.