FAN presents 2 events with Dr. Ken Ginsburg on Thursday, Nov. 17, one for parents of kids with young children and one for parents of tweens and teens.
Building Resilience in Early Childhood: It’s Not a Choice Between Happiness, Play and Success!”
for parents of kids ages 0-8
1:00 PM, Winnetka Community House
Authentic Success: Raising Youth to Thrive in a Challenging World
for parents of tweens and teens
6:30 pm, Cornog Auditorium New Trier Northfield Campus
How can a parent raise a child to thrive in a challenging world? Key to his concept of the 7 “C’s” of resilience (competence, confidence, connection, character, contributions, coping and control) is the importance of parents modeling resilience in their own lives. In his medical practice, Dr. Ginsburg treats many adolescents who exhibit the symptomology of chronic stress and anxiety that may lead to risk behaviors such as drug and alcohol use and abuse and self-harm. The frenzied, performance-driven work mode of many students can turn learning into a joyless chore devoid of risk-taking or curiosity. For Dr. Ginsburg, this is the bottom line: young people will be resilient when the important adults in their lives believe in them unconditionally and expect them to live up to established core values.
For more information, go the FAN web site.