Parent Resources
Resources for Parents of Teenagers
Below you'll find a list of helpful resources for parents of teenagers compiled by Human Development Department Chair and Dean of Multicultural Life Sanjai Moses.
- Adolescence and Parenting
- Body Image and Eating Disorders
- Gender
- Mental Health
- Learning
- LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual
- Mindfulness
- Race
- Sex and Sexuality
- Substance Use
- Teenage Brain
Adolescence and Parenting
Articles
The Best Way to Fight With a Teenager
Books
Parenting From The Inside Out by Dr. Daniel Siegel
Price of Privilege by Madeline Levine
Uncommon Sense by Mike Rierra
Staying Connected by Mike Rierra
Letting Go: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding the College Years
The Romance of Risk by Dr. Lynn Ponton
Age of Opportunity: Lessons From the New Science of Adolescence by Laurence Steinberg
Bully Nation by Sue Porter
A Tribe Apart: A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence by Patricia Hersch
How to Raise an Adult by Julia Lythcott-Haims
Getting to Calm: Cool-Headed Strategies for Parenting Tweens + Teens by Laura Kastner
Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family relationships in the Digital Age *
Approximate Parent: Discovering the Strategies That Work With Your Teenager by Michael Simon *
Websites
Body Image and Eating Disorders
Gender
Mental Health
Learning
Articles
The Secret to Success is Failure
Books
Overcoming Dyslexia
Delivered from Distraction (ADD)
Quiet the Power of Introverts
Introverts Ted Talk
Teach Your Children Well
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life by William Deresiewicz *
Buzz: An ADHD Mother's Search for Understanding, Patience and Comic Relief by Katherine Ellison
Films
Rethinking Dyslexia
Introverts Ted Talk
Websites
Parent Education Network Services
Building better, more active readers
How to support your child's long-term academic success
Growth mindset
Yale Center for Dyslexia
Children with ADD
Understood: https://www.understood.org/en … a nonprofit designed to help parents of children with learning and attention issues
LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual
Articles
Books
The Social justice Advocates Handbook: A Guide to Gender
Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is by Abigail Garner
The Transgender Child
The Transgender Teen
Websites
Gender Spectrum
GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network)
10 tips for parents of LGBTQ youth
Mindfulness
Race
Articles
Peggy MacIntosh on White Privilege
The Psychological Experience of Students of Color by NAIS
Independent schools challenge white privilege
Admitted but Left Out
Taking my Parents to College
Stereotype Threat
Microaggressions
Films
Race the Power of an Illusion
White Like Me Tim Wise
Prep School Negro
I'm Not Racist, Am I
Websites
Sex and Sexuality
Books
How to talk with Teens about Love, Relationships, & Sex. A Guide for Parents by Miron, Amy G. & Charles D.
Planned Parenthood - All about Sex: A Family Resource
Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape Peggy Orenstein
Sexploitation: Helping Kids Develop Healthy Sexuality in a Porn-Driven World
Websites/Organizations
Advocates for Youth-Parents Sex Education Toolkit
Sex Etc-sex ed by teens for teens
Substance Use
Teenage Brain
Articles
On the teenage brain and sleep: Teen Sleep - Why is your Teen so Tired
Books
Brainstorm: The power and purpose of the teenage brain by Dr. Daniel Siegel
Welcome to Your Child's Brain
The Sweet Spot, by Dr. Christine Carter
The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults by Frances Jensen
Parent Resources from MA's Academic Dean
Below you'll find a helpful list of resources from Academic Dean KaTrina Wentzel
Academic Dean's Resources
Bureau of Study Counsel (Harvard)
Perfectionism
https://bsc.harvard.edu/files/perfectionism_strategies_for_change_revised_2014.pdf
Managing Time
https://bsc.harvard.edu/files/managing_time_perspectives_and_practices.pdf
Remembering What You Read
https://bsc.harvard.edu/files/remembering_what_you_read_revised_fall_2011.pdf
Focus and Concentration
https://bsc.harvard.edu/files/attending_to_attention_2013_revised.pdf
Getting the Main Point
https://bsc.harvard.edu/files/getting_the_main_point.pdf
Study Apps, Websites, Software
https://bsc.harvard.edu/files/study_apps_websites_software_2017.pdf
Effective Note-Making
https://bsc.harvard.edu/files/suggestions_for_effective_note-making_revised_jan_2011.pdf
Time Management Tool
https://bsc.harvard.edu/files/time_management_project_planning_tool_revised_july_2011.pdf
Other Resources
How to Work in Groups
“I thought I knew everything but I still got bad grades”
https://www.vpul.upenn.edu/lrc/lr/PDF/studying%20bio%20(W).pdf
Math Study Skills
http://scs.tamu.edu/?q=node/92
Be the Influence
We are pleased to share that Marin Academy is joining a growing parent initiative called Be The Influence. “Be the Influence” or "BTI" is a parenting program which seeks to reduce rates of teen binge drinking, alcohol, marijuana, nicotine and other drug use. BTI supports parents by providing:
You can check out the BTI website here and find a sign up for the newsletter here. In addition, you can access the newsletter on the Resources page of our website.
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A website with well-researched educational materials.
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Bi-monthly newsletters full of parenting tips and other timely information.
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An on-line forum called “TalkSpace” which is a place for parents to ask questions of each other or start a discussion.
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An optional commitment or pledge that families can make (if they choose) to commit to specific actions that reinforce the safety and well-being of their teens.
Voices of MA
"I think [Wilderness Quest] stirred something in me…deep gratitude for the abundance that surrounds us, and a curiosity and desire to bring more mindfulness to the present moment, in which all of this abundance manifests."