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Join us as we discuss how athletes, parents, coaches and educators define success and what that means for us, as a community, as we work to create a healthy sports culture.

Raising Athletes for Life

      Registration is NOT required – see you there! New Canaan CARES presents “Raising Athletes for Life” on Thursday, March 23rd, at New Canaan Library from 7:00 –
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Continuing the Conversation – Building connections with your tween

Would you like to build connections with your tween and discuss topics that are important to both of you? If so, join CARES and Dr. Amanda Craig as we Continue
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World’s Worst Mom: Lenore Skenazy

Lenore Skenazy is the World’s Worst Mom When Lenore Skenazy published her newspaper column “Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone she was quickly labeled the “World’s Worst
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A Parent’s Guide to Modern Teen Dating

A Parent’s Guide to Modern Teen Dating On Wednesday, March 9th, New Canaan CARES, and NCHS PFA presented “A Parent’s Guide to Modern Teen Dating” with Emma Kate Freatman, LPC
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5 Ways to Ease Your Student Back to School After Covid-19

August 26, 2020
In this 30-minute highly dynamic, action-specific, and interactive seminar, parents are invited to learn best-practice, tools and strategies to support their student as they transition back to school this fall.
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Brave Conversations: Understanding Racism

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Parents and High School Teens: Mental Health TEDx Speaker

October 21, 6:30PM NC Library, Lamb Room Speaker: Emily Torchiana Emily shatters the mental health stigma by sharing her personal story: being victim to cyberbullying, struggling with mental health and
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Creating Balance Emotionally and Socially During Re-Entry

June 11, 1-2 PM Zoom Videoconference Speaker: Christopher Bogart, PhD As we slowly re-enter after quarantine, learn how to create balance within your family, community and the emotions that come
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Brave Conversations: Understanding Racism

Mara Gottlieb, PhD, LMSWPresident of Talking Changes, LLCtalkingchanges.com June 8th, 7-8:30 PMZoom Videoconference “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing will change until it is faced.” –
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