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The tween years are a messy, magical, misunderstood period of child development. Deborah Farmer Kris, author, parenting expert, and founder of Parenthood365, will help demystify this amazing and sometimes challenging time of child development.

Designer and educator Lesley-Ann Noel, PhD, shares the essential design strategies for creating lasting social impact. Her new book, "Design Social Change" (Stanford d.school), offers the tools to consider your history, personality, ethics, and goals for a better future.

Students who feel safe and supported by adults at home and school are better able to learn. In this workshop, nationally recognized educator Sam Drazin will offer strategies to help parents/caregivers and educators create more equitable, empathetic, and inclusive communities.

How can you offer constructive feedback to your kids (without the eye roll)? Communication expert Eran Magen, PhD, is a population health psychologist and the founder of Parenting for Humans, a relationship-first, judgment-free approach to parenting.

More than ever, it is critical to tap into the power of quiet in our lives. Leadership educator Heidi Kasevich, PhD, examines the benefits of solitude, for both introverts and extroverts alike, and explore strategies to enhance our collective well-being with quiet times and spaces.

Pasar tiempo en las redes sociales se ha convertido casi en una forma de vida para la mayoría de las personas. En esta charla Edwin Fernández, LCSW, One Life Counseling Center, hablará sobre el impacto de las redes sociales en los niños y la familia.

Kids at every achievement level are experiencing acute levels of stress. Bill Stixrud, PhD, a clinical neuropsychologist, and Ned Johnson, a motivational coach and elite test prep tutor, discovered that the best antidote to stress and anxiety is to give kids more of a sense of control over their lives

Eye-opening and reassuring, This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained—written by Dr. Cara Natterson, a pediatrician, and Vanessa Kroll Bennett, a puberty educator—will help adults understand the turbulent pubescent decade and become confident guides for today’s kids.

Possibility is the ability to see something in your imagination or your heart and cause it to materialize in real life. Grace Hawthorne, MFA, MBA, is an adjunct professor at the Stanford d.school and author of the new book, "Make Possibilities Happen: How to Transform Ideas into Reality."

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What should parents, caregivers, and educators know about domestic human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC)? Pamela Estes, Esq., is a certified human trafficking advocate and sexual assault counselor, and a co-founder of Before Our Very Eyes, a human trafficking awareness effort.

In his groundbreaking book, "Born to Be Wild: Why Teenagers Take Risks, and How We Can Help Keep Them Safe," adolescent psychiatrist and educator Jess Shatkin, MD, MPH, sheds new light on why young people make dangerous choices--and offers solutions that work.