Saturday, February 9, 2008
Redwood High School
395 Doherty Drive
Larkspur, California

“RISKY BUSINESS”
parenting middle & high school students during the “risky years”

Featuring Keynote Speaker: Lynn Ponton, M.D.
Author of “The Romance of Risk” and “The Sex Lives of Teenagers”

The Twelfth Annual Parent University will be held on Saturday, February 9th at Redwood High School in Larkspur. This FREE day of workshops for parents of teens will feature Lynn Ponton, M.D. (author of The Romance of Risk and The Sex Lives of Teenagers) as its keynote speaker. The keynote presentation will be followed by free workshops on topics such as alcohol and drug use among teens, teen internet use, anger and stress management, raising boys, navigating the teen scene, parent/teen communication, parenting strong-willed teens, talking to your teen about S-E-X, cyber safety and many more. All workshops are designed to help parents of teens meet today’s challenges and will be led by experts who have extensive experience and success with teens. Parents will have the opportunity to attend two workshops during the half-day conference.

Parent University XII will be held at Redwood High School (395 Doherty Drive) in Larkspur, California. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with workshops running until 1:00 p.m. Free on-site childcare will also be provided. Additionally, resource material for teens, parents and families will be available and Book Passage of Corte Madera will be on hand selling books on parenting topics.

THIS YEAR’S KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Lynn Ponton, M.D. is a practicing clinical psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. She is a leading figure in adolescent psychiatry with over twenty years of experience working with teenagers and their parents. Her work has been featured in Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times and Women’s Day. She has appeared on Oprah, Good Morning America, Dateline, Today Show and 60 Minutes, and on NPR and PBS. Her compelling book, The Romance of Risk, takes readers inside the minds of adolescents to provide a compelling look at today’s teenage experience and challenges traditional views of adolescents.

For more information about Parent University XII or a complete list of workshops, contact:

Lisa Schwartz
Marin County Office of Education
(415) 499-5877
Email

Parent University is sponsored by Healthy Teens Marin, a collaboration of the Marin County Department of Health & Human Services, Marin County Office of Education, Marin Community Foundation, Marin County Sheriff’s Office, Marin County Probation Office, Marin County District Attorney’s Office, Marin County Public Defender’s Office, Novato Youth Center, Marin City Network, School Linked Services, YMCA of Marin and Healthy Marin Partnership.