Presentation Summary
One-to-Two-Hour for Parents or Professionals

As a social worker and family therapist, Dr. Ungar has become concerned that we may be keeping our children Too Safe for Their Own Good. If we adults think back to when we were young, didn’t the risks we take and the responsibilities we had help prepare us for the challenges we would face later in our lives? Over his years of practice, Michael has seen a disturbing trend: a connection between all the security we offer children and troubling behaviors like drug abuse, early sexual activity, violence and truancy. In this presentation Michael will discuss ways to offer our children and teenagers the right amount of risk and responsibility. He will share what he has learned from families who have found ways to provide their children with the ‘risk-takers advantage’.