Glenbard parenting event to focus on preparing teens for transition to adulthood

The Glenbard Parent Series: (GPS) Navigating Healthy Families will present a Parenting Guide to Independent, Safe and Successful Young Adults with Carol Ann Tomlinson on Thursday, March 2.

Parents want their children to grow up to be safe, successful and independent, but attempting to parent for all three goals can be tricky. It can be difficult to know how to parent so that young people understand the relationships and the contradictions between safety, success and independence.

Tomlinson taught young adolescents for 20 years before working at the University of Virginia, where she now teaches older adolescents. She will share her observations on parenting that will prepare young people for the transition to adulthood. She will share stories from her students to illustrate the key principles of balanced parenting to help build self-reliant, confident and responsible young adults who thrive.

This free program will begin at 7 p.m. March 2 at Glenbard West High School, 670 Crescent Blvd. in Glen Ellyn. CPDUs are available.

Tomlinson is chair of Educational Leadership, Foundations, and Policy at University of Virginia and co-director of the University's Institute on Academic Diversity.

GPS is generously sponsored by the Cebrin Goodman Center, Cooperative Association for Special Education (CASE), College of DuPage, DuPage Medical Group, Emmy Gaffey Foundation and Trust Company of Illinois. For more information, visit glenbardgps.org or contact Gilda Ross, Glenbard District 87 student and community projects coordinator, at 942-7668 or gilda_ross@glenbard.org.