What Parents Need to Know About AI, Admissions, Motivation & Teen Mental Health

Stress, motivation, anxiety, executive function, burnout.

Featuring conversations with therapists, executive function coaches, and teen support experts.

Topics include: motivation, anxiety, avoidance, school refusal, procrastination, emotional regulation, ADHD, burnout, sleep, and parent-teen communication.

College admissions, essays, applications, expectations

Featuring college advisors and essay specialists.

Topics may include:
what actually matters now, how admissions has changed, essay strategy, timelines, testing, activities, pressure, and how to support your teen without turning your home into admissions headquarters. Practical, real-world strategies you can use right away.

Academic Confidence & Study Skills
Featuring academic success experts who work directly with students to build skills, structure, and confidence.

Topics include: Effective study habits that actually stick , When (and how) tutoring helps , Closing learning gaps and catching up without overwhelm , Organization, time management, and staying on track 

Grades—what matters and what doesn’t 

Knowing when to step in, and when to step back. 

AI, ChatGPT, future skills, cheating, college readiness

This is the table every parent is secretly stressed about.

Topics may include:
Should kids use ChatGPT?
Are colleges detecting AI?
Is using AI cheating?
Are essays dead?
What skills matter now?
Will grades matter less?
How do we prepare teens for a future that is already changing?

Advocacy, boundaries, communication, family stress including:
how to support without rescuing, when to advocate, how to communicate with schools, how to lower conflict at home, and how parents can stop carrying the entire emotional backpack. Supporting your child without over-rescuing 

When to advocate and when to step back.

How to effectively communicate with teachers, counselors, and schools 

Setting boundaries that actually reduce conflict at home . Managing family stress and emotional overload 

What Teens are Actually Experiencing Right Now. This may be the most important conversation of the night.

A pediatrician specializing in adolescents joins a short live discussion featuring real teen perspectives on what high school actually feels like today — emotionally, socially, academically, and digitally.

Because many parents are seeing the symptoms…
but not always hearing the full story.