Upcoming Events
for the 2009-2010 Menlo-Atherton
Parent Education Series

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"RACE TO NOWHERE" COMING TO M-A!
PARENT EDUCATION SERIES #7
Special Documentary Screening with Q & A by RTN Director Vicki Abeles
Tuesday, April 13, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Center (PAC)

“Race to Nowhere” is a documentary film examining the pressures faced by youth, teachers and parents in our achievement obsessed education system and culture. Featuring the heartbreaking stories of young people who have been pushed to the brink, educators who are burned out and worried students aren’t developing the skills needed, and parents who are trying to do what's best for their kids, Race to Nowhere points to the silent epidemic running rampant in our schools.www.racetonowhere.com

Tickets will sell out quickly! This is the only scheduled showing of “Race to Nowhere” in Menlo Park. To purchase tickets, go to: http://rtnmenloatherton.eventbrite.com/

For more information, please contact Charlene Margot, Parent Education Series Chair, at parenteducation@mabearspta.org or call 650.868.0590.

This Parent Education Series event is sponsored by the M-A PTA.

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PO BRONSON TO SPEAK AT M-A: PARENT EDUCATION SERIES #8
“NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children,” An Evening with NY Times Bestselling Author Po Bronson
Thursday, April 29th, 7-8:30 p.m.
Performing Art Center (PAC) Cafeteria

The PTA Parent Education Series presents Po Bronson, the author of six bestselling books including the #1 New York Times bestseller What Should I Do With My Life? Po’s most recent book is NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children. NurtureShock was featured on Fresh Air with Terry Gross, ABC’s Nightline, and the cover of Newsweek magazine. It has been a New York Times bestseller for 12 weeks, and was one of Amazon’s Top 100 bestselling books of 2009. It's also now being published in a dozen languages.

Bronson brilliantly analyzes the current research on child-rearing and developmental psychology to bring new insight into modern parenting. NurtureShock provides a revolutionary new perspective on childhood that upends a library’s worth of conventional wisdom. Po’s writing about children has been honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Council on Contemporary Families.

Kepler’s Books will sponsor sales of NurtureShock at the event; cash, checks and credit cards will be accepted. Plan to pick up a signed copy!

“NurtureShock is one of the most important books you will read this year. As a writer, I was impressed with the prodigious research and keen analysis.”
--Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind

To RSVP, please contact Charlene Margot, Parent Education Series Chair, at parenteducation@mabearspta.org or call 650.868.0590.

This Parent Education Series event is FREE and open to the public. Sponsored by the M-A PTA.