Yesterday, your child was a sweet, well-adjusted kid. Today, a moody, disrespectful tween/teen. What happened? And, more important, how do you handle it?

Based on Julie Ross' bestselling book "How To Hug a Porcupine: Negotiating the Prickly Points of the Tween Years", this workshop will prove that it's possible to hug a porcupine, if you know how!

This six week workshop offers practical and proven techniques that will allow you to hug even the prickliest porcupine:

• Help your child navigate screen time

• Break the "nagging cycle," give your kids the right balance of responsibilities, and get results

• Talk about sex, drugs, and alcohol so your kid will listen.
• Find out how other parents survived the nightmarish tween and teen years -- and still raised great kids.
• Discover the techniques that will help your child disregard peer pressure and make smart choices -- for life.

Midtown

405 W. 57th Street #1F,
New York, NY 10019

Winter 2020

Six Tuesday mornings from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11

Spring 2020

Six Tuesday afternoons from 12 - 2 p.m.
April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19, 26

All Midtown classes are taught by Julie Ross M.A. (click here for bio) and are $700 per person or $1300 per couple (or join with a friend.)

Live outside the New York area? Video access is available if you can't make it in person.

Soho

Soho Parenting Center
568 Broadway, Suite 402
New York, NY 10012

Winter 2020

Six Wednesday evenings from 6pm to 8 pm
January 8, 15, 22, 29, Feb 5, 12

Chelsea

Fall 2019

Six Tuesday afternoons from noon to 2pm
Nov 5, 12, 19, 26, Dec 3, 10

Winter 2020

Six Thursday afternoons from noon to 2 pm
January 9, 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 13

Spring 2020

Six Thursday afternoons from noon to 2 pm
April 23, 30 May 7, 14, 21, 28

All Soho and Chelsea classes are taught by Elyssa Ackerman, LCSW, CPC. (click here for bio) and are $700 per person or $1300 per couple (or join with a friend.)

Westchester

8 Dawes Place
Larchmont, NY 10538.

Winter 2020

Six Wednesday afternoons from noon to 2 pm
Jan. 8. 15, 22, 29, Feb. 5, 12

Spring 2020

Six Wednesday afternoons from noon to 2 pm
April 22, 29, May 6, 13. 20, 27

All Westchester classes are taught by Jill Holmes, M.S.(click here for bio) and are $625 per person or $1100 per couple (or join with a friend.)

Every class size is limited to only nine participants (six at the Chelsea location) so that you get personalized attention.

Call 212-765-2377 today for more information or click the button below and we'll call you back.