Two Glenbard Parent Series events to help teens move beyond impossible standards of success

The Glenbard Parent Series Navigating Healthy Families will present "Enough as They Are: Helping Teens Move Beyond the Impossible Standards of Success."

Teens may seem more successful today, yet they've also never struggled more with anxiety, stress and depression.

Rachel Simmons will tackle these topics during two presentations: one at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, at the College of DuPage McAninch Center in Glen Ellyn and the second at noon Wednesday, Jan. 30, at the Marquardt School District 15 administration center, 1860 Glen Ellyn Road in Glendale Heights.

Simmons translates the toxic messages about achievement that teens have internalized and teaches parents how to help young people practice self-compassion, redefine success, pursue purpose, and most importantly, let them know they are enough as they are.

Simmons, who has been researching and inspiring young women for two decades, is the author of "Enough as She Is" and the New York Times bestsellers "Odd Girl Out" and "The Curse of the Good Girl."

Simmons will share the strategies to help girls and boys overcome brutal self-criticism, an acute fear of failure and feelings that they will never be smart enough, successful enough, attractive enough, thin enough or popular enough. She will share practical parenting wisdom, including teaching teens how to manage overthinking, resist the constant urge to compare themselves to peers, take healthy risks, navigate negative elements of social media, prioritize self-care and seek support when needed to not just survive but thrive.

Students are encouraged to attend.

The Glenbard Parent Series is generously sponsored by the Cebrin Goodman Center, Cooperative Association for Special Education (CASE), College of DuPage, DuPage Medical Group, Emmy Gaffey Foundation, Glenbard Early Childhood Collaborative, Holiday Inn/Carol Stream, Prevention Leadership Team of the DuPage County Health Department and Birth to 5 Community Coalition District 93.

Continuing professional development units are available.

For further information, visit www.glenbardgps.org or contact Gilda Ross, Glenbard District 87 student and community projects coordinator, at (630) 942-7668 or gilda_ross@glenbard.org.