Past Events
SCHOOL YEAR 2016-2017
Lloyd Thacker – Turning the Tide: Reshaping the College Admissions Process
Susan Stiffelman – Parenting with Presence: Raising Confident and Caring Kids
Barbara Bradley Hagerty – Life Reimagined: Redrawing the Map for our Health, Relationships, and Future
Screenagers – Film Showing – Growing Up in the Digital Age
Victoria Dunckley – Reset Your Childs Brain: Reversing the Effects of Electronic Screen-Time
William Deresiewicz – Excellent Sheep: Reframing College as a Time for Self-Discovery
Peggy Orenstein – Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
SCHOOL YEAR 2015-2016
Kelly McGonigal – The New Science of Stress: How to Make Stress Your Friend
Frank Bruni – Where You Go is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania
Wellness Panel – The Parent Relationship Your Child Needs
Julie Lythcott-Haims – How to Raise an Adult: Preparing Your Kid for Success
View Video of the Julie Lythcott-Haims Talk
Lynn O’Shaughnessy – The College Solution: Looking for the Right College at the Right Price
Lawrence Cohen – The Opposite of Worry: How to Deal with Anxiety and Fears
SCHOOL YEAR 2014-2015
Sally Springer, Ph.D. – Admission Matters: What Students & Parents Need to Know About Applying to College
Shauna Shapiro, Ph.D. – Mindful Discipline: A Loving Approach to Setting Limits & Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child
Lynn O’Shaughnessy – The College Solution: Looking for the Right College at the Right Price
Wellness Panel – Helping Your Teen Make Wise Choices
Laura Kastner, Ph.D. – Wise-Minded Parenting: 7 Essentials for Raising Successful Tweens & Teens
Film Showing: The Mask You Live In As a Society, Are We Failing Our Boys?
Moderated by Dr. Jerrold Shapiro
Ryan McKelley – Unmasking Masculinity: Helping Boys Become Connected Men
SCHOOL YEAR 2013-2014
Brad Sachs, Ph.D. – Good Enough Parenting: Creating Conversations that Change Children’s Lives
Jerrold Lee Shapiro, Ph.D. – Preparing For and Surviving the College Application Process
Gloria Moskowitz-Sweet & Erica Pelavin – My Digital TAT2 – Parenting in the Age of Social Media
Jerry Selingo – College Unbound: The Changing Landscape of Higher Education
Madeline Levine, Ph.D. – Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic Success
Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D. – Our Distracted Mind: Brain, Memory and Multi-tasking
SCHOOL YEAR 2012-2013
Film Showing: Bully – Moderated by Gloria Moskowitz-Sweet
James Steyer – Talking Back to Facebook
Dean Blumberg Ph.D. – Teen Brains: The Latest Research
Ben Kaplan – How to Go to College for Almost Free
Deborah Gilboa, M.D.– Raising Kids Who Can Launch
Larry Rosen, Ph.D. – Parenting the iGeneration and Generation C: Why Our Kids Love Technology and What it is Doing to Their Brains
Christine VanDeVelde – College Admission: From Application to Acceptance
Jerrold Shapiro, Ph.D. – Surviving Junior & Senior Year: A Parents’ Guide to the Application Process Jerrold Shapiro
SCHOOL YEAR 2011-2012
Film Showing – Miss Representation
Ellen Galinsky – Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills
Michael Bradley – Loving Your Teen Without Losing Your Mind
Niobe Way – Boys and the Crisis of Connection
Christine Carter, Ph.D. – Coaching Kids Through Change
Jon Reider – The College Admission Scene Today: Surviving the Frenzy with Style and Humor
Peggy Orenstein – From Princess to Pop-Tarts
Jerrold Shapiro, Ph.D. – Surviving the College Application Process
SCHOOL YEAR 2010-2011
Brenee Brown, Ph.D – The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting: Five Guideposts for Raising Children
Fred Luskin, Ph.D. – Stress Less: The Role of Stress Management in Creating Happiness
Rebecca Randall, Common Sense Media – Digital Citizenship: Raising Kids in Our 24/7 Connected Culture
Lisa Boesky, Ph.D. – Is My Teen Normal: When to Worry and When to Relax
Cliff Nass, Ph.D. – Multitasking and Your Tween/Teen: How Technology Effects Intellectual and Social Growth
John Medina, Ph.D. – Brain Rules: How to Raise Smart and Happy Child
Jon Reider, Ph.D. – The College Admission Scene Today:Surviving the Frenzy with Style and Humor
Teen Justice 101: What parents and teens need to know about drugs, drinking, and driving
In partnership with the League of Women Voters
Jerrold Lee Shapiro, Ph.D. – Surviving the Application Process: A Practical Guide to the College Transition
Po Bronson – NutureShock: New Thinking About Children
SCHOOL YEAR 2009-2010
Kenneth Ginsburg, M.D. – Building Resilience in Our Youth: Raising Healthy Kids
Kenneth Ginsburg, M.D. – Workshop for health professionals, counselors and educators who work with children
Adolescent Health Panel
– Catherine Miller, M.D. (Adolescent Medicine)
– Katherine Sutherland, M.D. (OB/GYN: Teen Sexuality)
– Francis Wren, M.D. (Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist)
– Fred Luskin, Ph.D. (Psychologist)
Guy Kawasaki – The Art of Innovation and How to Nurture It
Film Showing: Race to Nowhere
Annie Fox, M.Ed. – Why 21st Century Kids Need 21st Century Parenting
Frank Carbajal – Building the Latino Future – Success Stories for the Next Generation
Laura Kastner, Ph.D. – Getting to Calm: Parenting Teens and Tweens
Rachel Simmons – The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence
SCHOOL YEAR 2008-2009
Rachel Simmons – Odd Girl Out
Laura Kastner – The Launching Years
Mike Riera – Staying Connected to Your Teen
Jerrold Shapiro, Ph.D. – Surviving the College Application Process
Dr. B.J. Fogg & Linda Fogg Phillips – Facebook for Parents: What you Need to Know
Leonard Sax – Boys Adrift
SCHOOL YEAR 2007-2008
Madeline Levine, Ph.D. – The Price of Privilege
(Note: Predates official MVLA Series)