Join us for a community discussion about Netflix's Adolescence led by special guest Nicole Runyon, LMSW

Join us to find out how to start a Balance Project in your community. We'll provide an overview of our approach, how we can help and can answer your questions. Feel free to pass along to others interested with the link. Can't wait to see you!

Join Let Grow & The Balance Project for this exciting FAMILY event (adults and kids 3-18) focused on helping families and communities empower the next generation. While adults hear from renowned speaker, independence advocate, author and Anxious Generation advisor, Lenore Skenazy, kids will be engaged in an exciting skill-building activity. Then, we'll have a family "working lunch" where we'll enjoy a very special meal and have a child-appropriate discussion on balancing independence and safety + families will collaborate to create an Independence Plan for each child for the upcoming year. After lunch, there will be an optional Blue Sky Ideation session that will crowdsource ways to create new community norms to encourage childhood independence. The output of this discussion will inform TBP X Let Grow's Community Kit and Community norms across the country. We expect high demand and space is limited - register now to reserve your space!

In this thought-provoking read, Lenore Skenazy provides her perspective on the importance of childhood independence — how giving children freedom to explore, take risks, make mistakes and encounter "struggles with a small s" will help them grow into confident, capable, resilient adults. A parent's dream! We'll work through how to strike the right balance between independence and safety to set our sweet kiddos up for success (and to calm our personal parental anxieties around this!)

GUEST SPEAKER: BRUCE E. QUINN INSTRUCTOR FOR LSU’S NATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING ACADEMY OF COUNTER-TERRORIST EDUCATION

Leaving PRS and entering 5th grade at Markham is a huge year for our kids and their increased independence and responsbility, and has commonly included the introduction of a smartphone. Let's get together to talk through this: how do we want to mindfully approach this transition year to balance safety, independence and healthy, intentional technology? WE GOT THIS!! Join other 4th grade parents to make a plan for entering 5th grade!