Parents Together
& The Anti-Drug
Cone Room
Greenwich Town Hall
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
9:15am

They Only Get To Grow Up Once: Preventing Your Child’s Future Drug and Alcohol Use

Alison Birnbaum, LCSW, “Ask the Expert” at www.theAntiDrug.com,

This skill building session focuses on how to communicate with your kids and keep them substance free.  It includes topics such as “How to monitor without being irritating,” “It is possible to be cool even if you don’t smoke or drink,” “How important is an “absolute no,” “Urban legends like “trust” and “teaching my child to drink safely,” and “When is the right time for the d & a talk?”  Alison has conducted extensive market research on how to help parents speak to their children about drug use.

This is a free lecture sponsored by Parents Together.

TheAntiDrug.com was created by the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign to equip parents and other adult caregivers with the tools they need to raise drug-free kids. Working with the nation’s leading experts in the fields of parenting and substance abuse prevention, TheAntiDrug.com serves as a drug prevention information center, and a supportive community for parents to interact and learn from each other.

The site provides parents and other adults caregivers access to:

* Helpful articles and advice from experts in the fields of parenting and substance abuse prevention;
* Science-based drug prevention information, news and studies;
* Support from other parents striving to keep their children drug-free;
* Perspectives of teens themselves.

Parents Together invites you to a gathering to be held at Greenwich Town Hall on Friday, February 5th at 1:00 p.m in the Cone Room (2nd floor) for a compelling presentation aimed at educating parents about safe teen driving. “It Won’t Happen to Me”, is for ALL parents, not just for the parents of new drivers. Do not miss this important life saving presentation. Visit www.itwonthappentome.org for more information. There is no charge for this lecture.

Parents Together
and Old Greenwich Riverside Community Center
90 Harding Road
Old Greenwich
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
(snow date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010)
7pm

Bob Bigelow, former NBA 1st-round draft choice, will discuss Adults and Children in Organized Youth Sports: Who Wins, Who Loses? Bob’s mission is to put the “youth” back in youth sports and find a balance at home and on the field. Too many youth sports systems meet the adults’ needs rather than kids’ needs and therefore create dispiriting sideline and “behind the scenes” behaviors and problems, and burned-out kids. Up to 75% of our kids drop out of youth sports by age 13!  Why, and how can we make sports better for them? Come learn new common-sense approaches for positive change in youth sports programs by one of the foremost lecturers in the country regarding youth sports. This lecture is co-sponsored by Parents Together and the Old Greenwich Riverside Community Center and will be held at the OGRCC. For more information visit www.parentstogetherct.org or www.ogrcc.com.

Parents Together
Monday, November 16 at 9:15 a.m. at Town Hall – Cone Room (2nd Floor)
Coffee served at 9 a.m.

“Teaching Effective Eating and Exercise Habits to Children and Teens”

Erica Christ, Registered Dietician, and Lisa Elpi, Senior Exercise Physiologist, both from Greenwich Hospital’s Center for Healthy Living, will discuss your child’s return to school and the challenges of providing healthy snacks, maintaining adequate hydration, and sustaining active lifestyles throughout the school year.   For more information, visit www.parentstogetherct.org.

Greenwich Town Hall
Cone Room – 2nd floor
Parents Together
Monday, September 21, 2009
9:15 a.m.
Coffee served at 9 a.m.

Internet Smarts:  Online Safety and Social Networking in a Changing World

Richard J. Colangelo, Jr., Senior Assistant State’s Attorney, will discuss tools and strategies for addressing your child’s use of popular social networking sites: Facebook, Twitter and My Space. Topics will include cyberbullying, on-line predators, “sexting”, and 24/7 cell phones.  Learn about the consequences of on-line public socializing and the permanence of digital data.  Learn how to monitor your child’s online activity, be on top of the latest internet issues, set limits, and teach them how to be savvy and safe on the Internet.