Hopkinton Parent Teacher Association

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Parent Programs

LET'S TALK ABOUT IT: KEEPING COMMUNICATION OPEN

Join us on Tuesday, October 21st from 7-9 pm in the Middle School Lecture Hall for a workshop presented by the HPTA/SPEAC, and facilitated by Families First. This workshop is designed to help parents learn about and draw upon the changes adolescents undergo in order to increase communication between the groups. It also gives parents tools to help gauge when to react and when to listen more and how to do both of these with the sensitivity adolescents require.

As with earlier stages of parenting, communication skills are the key to creating a comfortable and emotionally safe relationship with adolescents. There are lots of barriers to strong communication that arise in the pre-teen and teen years such as adolescents' mood swings, their desire for increased control in their lives, their reliance on their peers and their questioning of family values.

Have teenagers? Don't miss this HPTA/SPEAC collaborative program! For more details, email deb-dionne@comcast.net.