By Ellen Braaten, PhD and Gene Beresin, Executive Director

Posted in: Multimedia, Parenting Concerns, Podcast, You & Your Family

Topics: Healthy Living

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Did you know? According to a recent Clay Center survey, six out of 10 parents encourage their kids to adopt New Year’s resolutions. To bring in the new year (and decade!), we’re dedicating our last show of 2019 to strategies on guiding young people towards meaningful and manageable goals. From getting specific about the “how,” to finding that spark in your child, to involving the whole family, Dr. Gene Beresin and Dr. Ellen Braaten talk through different ways of framing goals to set us all up for success in 2020. Plus, they make their own resolutions based on their own advice.

Thank you for joining in this conversation. What resolutions will your family make for 2020, and how do you plan to follow through? We’d love to know! Write to us at contactmghclaycenter.org.

Media List

• Around Town: The Yankee Swap, a gift exchange with a twist (Wicked Local)
• 2019 New Year Resolutions (Statista)
• Your New Year’s resolution will likely fail. Here’s why you should make one anyway, researchers say (Miami Herald)
• This Year, Don’t Set New Year’s Resolutions (Forbes)
• Most People Fail to Achieve Their New Year’s Resolution. For Success, Choose a Word of the Year Instead (Inc.)
• 8 Smart (and Fun!) New Year’s Resolutions Kids Can Make (Parents)
• Making New Year’s Resolutions With Your Child (PBS Kids)
• Growing Together In the New Year (MGH Clay Center)
• Won’t You Be My Neighbor (Focus Features)
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – Official Trailer (Sony Pictures)

 

Episode produced by Sara Rattigan

Music by Gene Beresin