Parenting Teens

The joys of parenting are endless but so are the difficulties. Each year brings new challenges as children grow older and more independent. The teenage years can be the most difficult to navigate.

With this in mind, the Dukes County Health Council and Youth Task Force are sponsoring a talk by Martha B. Straus entitled Dangerous Transitions: Parenting Teens with Heart and Courage. The talk will be held at the YMCA on Wednesday, May 18 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Dr. Straus has spoken to Island audiences before and is back by popular demand. She is a professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology at Antioch University and an adjunct instructor in psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School. She also maintains a small private practice and consults to schools, social service agencies and courts. Dr. Straus is the author of numerous articles and four books including No-Talk Therapy for Children and Adolescents, and more recently, Adolescent Girls in Crisis: Intervention and Hope.

For more information visit mvyouthtaskforce.org or join their facebook group, Martha’s Vineyard Youth Task Force.