MHA Westchester's Next Community Conversation Raising Our Youth with the Best of Intentions

You are invited to join us for a vital conversation about
the messages we explicitly and implicitly convey to our youth,
identifying stressors and what we can do to build emotional resilience.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 from 7 to 9 pm
at the Rosenthal JCC of Northern Westchester
600 Bear Ridge Road, Pleasantville, New York

In our complex world, children are constantly receiving messages that exhort them to be, to act, to perform, to achieve, to look certain ways. Falling short in any area may be experienced as a total failure as a person. As parents, educators, coaches, members of the clergy and of the larger community, we want the best for our children.

Our goal for the evening is to collaboratively explore what we mean by “the best”. Unlike conversations about “early identification” and finding appropriate supports for children who are struggling, we will address some of the community and cultural characteristics that contribute to a generation that has been described as exhibiting “duck syndrome”, calm on the surface, but moving frantically beneath to stay afloat.

MHA Board member Sean Mayer will moderate. Panelists include Christopher Borsari, Principal of Byram Hills High School; Shari Applebaum, parent, advocate and educator; The Reverend Frances Wise Grenley, Senior Minister, Scarsdale Congregational Church and Barbara Bernstein, PhD, MHA Westchester.

No matter the ages of your children, it’s never too early or late for this conversation.

Presented by The Mental Health Association of Westchester
and sponsored by Inside Chappaqua and Inside Armonk Magazines.

Event is free. Space is limited. Register now at www.MHAwestchester.org