PARENT
UNIVERSITY XII
Hosted
by Healthy Teens Marin
The
12th Annual Parent University , a FREE
conference
for parents of middle and high school students, will be
held on Saturday, February 9, 2008 at Redwood High School
from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm ( 395 Doherty Drive , Larkspur)
The keynote presentation
on " Risky
Business - Parenting Middle & High School Students Through
The Risky Years "
will be given by Lynn
Ponton , M.D., author of "The
Romance of Risk"
and "Sex
Lives of Teenagers" .
Dr. Ponton's presentation
will be followed by free workshops on topics such as alcohol
and drug use among teens, teen internet use, anger and stress
management, raising boys, navigating the teen scene, parent/teen
communication, talking to your teen about S-E-X, cyber safety
and many more. All workshops are designed to help parents
of teens meet today's challenges and will be led by experts
who have extensive experience and success with teens. Parents
will have the opportunity to attend two workshops during
the half-day conference. A
complete listing of workshops will be posted on www.healthyteensmar
in.org .
No
pre-registration is required! Registration begins
at 8:30 a.m. with workshops running until 1:00 p.m. Free
on-site childcare will also be provided. Additionally, resource
material for teens, parents and families will be available
and Book Passage of Corte Madera will be on hand selling
books on parenting topics.
Parent
University
is sponsored by Healthy Teens Marin (
www.healthyteensmar
in.org ).
For more information,
contact Lisa Schwartz at the Marin County Office of Education
(415) 499-5877
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