On Wednesday, March 28th BeBOLD and the Bedford PTG are excited to co-sponsor a presentation for all parents, caregivers, and guardians titled "Understanding How to Parent so that Children Can Succeed:  Addressing Childhood Anxiety and its Potential Pathway towards Substance Abuse".  The featured speaker and special guest is Jessica Lahey, author of "The Gift of Failure".  This event goes from 7:00pm - 8:15pm at the Bedford High School Auditorium.  Jessica Lahey will provide insight on how to raise kids who are happy and healthy and less likely to turn to destructive coping strategies, including ways to prevent childhood addition. Lahey will also share research on the most effective ways to parent and support the the psycho-social and emotional needs of our children.  Additionally, she will outline risk factors, exlpain which positive interventions can overcome those risk factors, and offer parents and teachers actionable, useful tools for raising happy resilient children who will be less likely to turn to unhealthy behaviors when faced with increasingly toxic stress and anxiety they face at home, in school and in our society.  This will be one hour well spent!  Please join us on the 28th.  BPD Cares....

More details and the flyer can be found on our Facebook page as well as on BeBOLD's website:  www.beboldbedford.org