PARENT RESOURCES
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Contact Wilton Youth Services with any question you might have related to children.
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National Eating Disorders Helpline offers support, resources, and treatment options for yourself or a loved one who is struggling with an eating disorder. Hotline: Call 1-800 -931-2237
Crisis Text Line: Text "NEDA" to 741741 for eating disorder resources
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders: Call 1-630-577-1330
Bulimia and Self Help Hotline: Call 1-314-588-1683
Raising Humans in a Digital World: Helping Kids Build a Healthy Relationship with Technology by Diana Graber
How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
How to Talk So Teens Will Listen & Listen So Teens Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough
Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings by Kenneth Ginsburg
Enough as She Is: How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards of Success to Live Healthy, Happy and Fulfilling Lives by Rachel Simmons
Mindset: How We Can Learn How to Fulfill Our Potential by Carol Dweck, Ph.D.
The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed by Jessica Lahey
The Blessing of a B Minus by Wendy Mogel
Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania by Frank Bruni
Warren Describes Consent to Tuck on Grey’s Anatomy
"What young women believe about their own sexual pleasure," Peggy Orenstein, TED Talk
"The Miseducation of the American Boy," Peggy Orenstein, The Atlantic
"Redefining manhood - one locker room talk at a time,” Alexis Jones, TED Talk
"Kids Are Watching Pornography. Here’s How to Talk About It." The New York Times
Culture Reframed: Building Resilience & Resistance to Hypersexualized Media & Porn
Common Sense Media Sexting Handbook
"Caught your teen sexting? Don't 'freak out,' experts say. Study found it can be healthy," USA Today
"Why women stay silent after sexual assault," Inés Hercovich, TED Talk
"5 Tips for How to Talk to Children About School Shootings," Save the Children
Mass Shootings: American Psychological Association
"Responding to Traumatic Events," Child Mind Institute
"How to Talk to Kids and Teens About World Trauma," Hey Sigmund
"Talking with children about tragic events," The Dougy Center for Grieving Children