


“It created a really nice group community among parents where you sort of can come in, and you can take off the sunglasses.” “I think what was so helpful was they created a space where parents could actually be open around like, ‘Hey, this is really hard and I don’t know, really, what to do,’” Mann said.

“It was kind of a lovely support group where we would bounce questions and ideas and resources off of each other,” Callahan said.įredrick Mann, who has two adolescent sons and started attending the Resilience Project’s events before COVID-19, said the pandemic made programs like the Raising Resilient Teens workshop even more “crucial.” After the program, parents can drop in and seek advice as their kids continue to develop and grow. “I believe it was such a parental game-changer for me and my husband, and incredibly beneficial, and it was fun too - to be able to sit back and breathe a little bit and to say, ‘Hey, you know, we’re not alone in this,’” Callahan said.Ĭallahan said the program’s approach was refreshing because it was packed with valuable information that could be easily used. She said the program welcomes any parent willing to “revamp their parental toolkit.” Marie Callahan, a Newtonville resident and a mother of one preteen and two teenagers, attended the seven-week Raising Resilient Teens parent workshop virtually from April 28 to June 9. The Resilience Project also offers a school program. The Newton-based program serves six communities in the area, including Newton, Wellesley, Waltham, Needham, Weston, and Natick. Chen said they spent the first year building the program, creating workshops, and designing a curriculum. “We feel very fortunate that we’re able to offer that kind of integrated care.”Ĭhen and Katzenstein have codirected the parents and caregivers program for the past five years. “The reality is that, at least to our knowledge, it’s pretty rare to find a clinic that both serves kids and serves their caregivers,” Chen said. It’s unusual, she said, because it addresses parent and caregiver concerns to form a holistic approach.

For a grown-up to be able to help them make sense of what’s happening around them is really powerful.”Ĭhen’s codirector, clinical psychologist Tai Katzenstein, said the parents and caregivers arm of the Resilience Project is meant to educate and support parents in raising mentally healthy teens. “Even little kids, they’re exposed to so much, they experience so much, they learn so much.
