Cynthia Muchnik, Author of The Parent Compass
November 6, 2024

Join us for a Great Conversations event at The Grauer School, featuring acclaimed author Cynthia Muchnik who will present to our community on her best-selling book: The Parent Compass: Navigating Your Teen’s Wellness & Academic Journey in Today’s Competitive World. 

This event is free and open to the public, so please share the event information with your family and friends. A book signing and question & answer period will follow the presentation.

 

Wednesday, November 6, 2024
6:30pm

Meyer Hall, The Grauer School
1500 S. El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA

 

 

The Parent Compass offers parents:

• Advice on fostering grit and resilience, as well as strategies to help teens approach life with purpose
• Guidance on how to preserve the parent-child relationship while navigating a competitive academic environment
• Clear expectations of appropriate roles for parents and teens in the college admission process

“The Parent Compass helps parents resist the urge to hover and micromanage, and guides them to reflect deeply on their actions and make important changes to support their teen’s long-term well-being and success. Let The Parent Compass help be your guide to better parenting.”

—Dr. Denise Pope, Sr. Lecturer at Stanford University and Co-Founder of Challenge Success

About Cynthia Muchnik, M.A: 

Cindy, a graduate of Stanford University, is an expert in the college admissiond process. She got her start in admissions offices before opening a private study skills and college counseling business in Southern California, which she ran for over fifteen years. She is also a professional speaker and panelist on the subjects of education, study skills, parenting, and mental health in tweens and teens. 

Over the course of her career, Cindy has written numerous books: The Parent Compass: Navigating Your Teen’s Wellness and Academic Journey in Today’s Competitive World (Familius/Workman/Hachette, 2020), The Best College Admission Essays (co-author, ARCO/Peterson’s, 1997), The Everything Guide to Study Skills: Strategies, Tips, and Tools You Need to Succeed in School (Simon & Schuster, 2011), Straight-A Study Skills (co-author, Simon & Schuster, 2012), The Everything College Checklist Book (Simon & Schuster, 2013), Writing Successful College Applications: It’s More than Just the Essay (Peterson’s Publishing, 2014), and four other books (Simon & Schuster and Penguin Random House). For further information, visit her website at www.cynthiamuchnick.com.

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