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Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety

John Duffy, Psy.D.

Clinical psychologist and author of three parenting books

Jan 16 2020
Grand Rounds Presentation

Grand Rounds: Boys and Sex: Navigating the New Masculinity

Peggy Orenstein

Bestselling author and contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine.

Jan 14 2020

Boys and Sex: Navigating the New Masculinity

Peggy Orenstein

Bestselling author and contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine.

Jan 13 2020

A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death

BJ Miller, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco

Shoshana Berger

Editorial Director, IDEO

Dec 11 2019

Confident Parents, Confident Kids: Raising Emotional Intelligence in Ourselves and Our Kids

Jennifer Miller, M.Ed.

Author and illustrator of the blog "Confident Parents, Confident Kids"

Dec 10 2019

Building Empathy in a Fractured World

Jamil Zaki, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology and Director, Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory, Stanford University

Dec 4 2019

Raising UnSelfies: How to Raise Compassionate, Courageous Kids

Michele Borba, Ed.D.

Educational consultant, motivational speaker, and award-winning author of 24 books

Dec 2 2019

She Said: A Conversation with Megan Twohey

Megan Twohey

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times

Nov 19 2019

The Great Juggling Act: Balancing Life as a Parent

Julie Morgenstern

Time-management and productivity specialist, and author of Organizing from the Inside Out, Never Check Email in the Morning, SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life, and the brand-new Time to Parent: Organizing Your Life to Bring Out the Best in Your Child and You

Nov 8 2019

The Power of Human: How Our Shared Humanity Can Help Us Create a Better World

Adam Waytz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Nov 4 2019