Author Speaks About Childhood Anxiety And Substance Abuse

BEDFORD, NH — Jessica Lahey, veteran teacher, journalist, and author of, "The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed," will present “Understanding How to Parent So that Children Can Succeed: Addressing Childhood Anxiety and its Potential Pathway towards Substance Abuse,” at Bedford High School Auditorium at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28, 2018. This event is open to all parents/guardians.

This event will take the place of BeBOLD’s regularly scheduled monthly Speaker Series Event.

Jessica Lahey will provide insight on how to raise kids who are happy and healthy and less likely to turn to destructive coping strategies, including ways to prevent childhood addiction. Lahey will also share research on the most effective ways to parent and support the psycho-social and emotional needs of our children. Additionally, she will outline risk factors, explain which positive interventions can overcome those risk factors, and offer parents and teachers actionable, useful tools for raising happy, resilient children who will be less likely to turn to unhealthy behaviors when faced with the increasingly toxic stress and anxiety they face at home, in school and in our society.

The 45-minute presentation will be followed by a 30-minute question and answer session.

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