University High School Head of School Alicia LaMagdeleine believes all parents can benefit from hearing Lisa Damour speak.
An expert on youth mental health and a New York Times best-selling author, Damour will soon visit UHS to discuss themes in her book, “The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable & Compassionate Young People.” Her previous books are “Untangled” and “Under Pressure,”
“What Lisa Damour does in her writing is to examine the best ways for parents and adults in kids’ lives to help support them emotionally,” LaMagdeleine said. “She gets into two specific things we want kids to do. We want them to express their emotions in a healthy way and we want them to be able to control those emotions and manage them in a healthy way as well.”…