{"id":246141,"date":"2026-10-30T13:39:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T13:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/?post_type=event&#038;p=246141"},"modified":"2026-10-30T18:36:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T18:36:56","slug":"lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/event\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunch &amp; Learn: Letting Go Without Losing Touch: Real answers for parenting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"custom_featured_image\" style=\"display:none;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/10\/0THERAPYSTORYLUNCHLEARN-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/10\/0THERAPYSTORYLUNCHLEARN-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/10\/0THERAPYSTORYLUNCHLEARN-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/10\/0THERAPYSTORYLUNCHLEARN-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/10\/0THERAPYSTORYLUNCHLEARN-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/10\/0THERAPYSTORYLUNCHLEARN-585x585.png 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/10\/0THERAPYSTORYLUNCHLEARN.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><p>Growing up doesn&#8217;t happen on a schedule, and neither does figuring out how to parent through it. Guided by Nayan Suryavanshi, LSW and Kaci Mial, M.Ed. of Therapy Story, join in with other parents for an open conversation shaped by your questions and new ways forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing up doesn&#8217;t happen on a schedule, and neither does figuring out how to parent through it. Guided by Nayan Suryavanshi, LSW&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":330,"featured_media":246142,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","submission_name":"Michelle Ward","email_address":"hi@recroomnj.com","business_name":"RecRoom","event_location":"1 Lackawanna Plaza, Montclair,  New Jersey  07042,","event_link":"https:\/\/recroomnj.com\/calendar\/letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting-tweens-to-young-adults-big-emotions-social-media-ai-adhd-the-college-launch","event_price":"FREE","featured_event":null,"event_total":"0","event_coupon":"","event_start_date":"November 9, 2026","event_start_time":"12:00 pm","event_start_timestamp":"1794225600","event_end_date":"November 9, 2026","event_end_time":"1:00 pm","event_end_timestamp":"1794229200","event_duration":"","event_recurrence_end_timestamp":"1794229200","event_repeat_frequency":"","event_repeat_ends":"","event_repeat_date":"","event_repeat_occurrences":"1","event_image":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/gravity_forms\/1-546152fe3600993d5fdcf5277d82e855\/2026\/10\/0THERAPYSTORYLUNCHLEARN.png","all_day_event":"","venue_name":"RecRoom","admin_city":"Montclair","wp_last_modified_info":"October 30, 2026 @ 6:36 pm","event_import_post_id":"","source_guid":""},"categories":[26,29,24,121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246141","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-free","category-pop-up-event","category-the-montclair-girl","category-the-new-jersey-girl"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.7 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lunch &amp; Learn: Letting Go Without Losing Touch: Real answers for parenting - The Events Calendar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/event\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lunch &amp; Learn: Letting Go Without Losing Touch: Real answers for parenting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Growing up doesn&#8217;t happen on a schedule, and neither does figuring out how to parent through it. Guided by Nayan Suryavanshi, LSW&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/event\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Events Calendar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-30T18:36:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/10\/0THERAPYSTORYLUNCHLEARN.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelocalgirl.com\\\/calendar\\\/event\\\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelocalgirl.com\\\/calendar\\\/event\\\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lunch &amp; Learn: Letting Go Without Losing Touch: Real answers for parenting - The Events Calendar\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelocalgirl.com\\\/calendar\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelocalgirl.com\\\/calendar\\\/event\\\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelocalgirl.com\\\/calendar\\\/event\\\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelocalgirl.com\\\/calendar\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/0THERAPYSTORYLUNCHLEARN.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-30T13:39:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-30T18:36:56+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelocalgirl.com\\\/calendar\\\/event\\\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thelocalgirl.com\\\/calendar\\\/event\\\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelocalgirl.com\\\/calendar\\\/event\\\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelocalgirl.com\\\/calendar\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/0THERAPYSTORYLUNCHLEARN.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelocalgirl.com\\\/calendar\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/0THERAPYSTORYLUNCHLEARN.png\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelocalgirl.com\\\/calendar\\\/event\\\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelocalgirl.com\\\/calendar\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lunch &amp; Learn: Letting Go Without Losing Touch: Real answers for parenting\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelocalgirl.com\\\/calendar\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelocalgirl.com\\\/calendar\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Events Calendar\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelocalgirl.com\\\/calendar\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lunch &amp; Learn: Letting Go Without Losing Touch: Real answers for parenting - The Events Calendar","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/event\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lunch &amp; Learn: Letting Go Without Losing Touch: Real answers for parenting","og_description":"Growing up doesn&#8217;t happen on a schedule, and neither does figuring out how to parent through it. Guided by Nayan Suryavanshi, LSW&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/event\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\/","og_site_name":"The Events Calendar","article_modified_time":"2026-10-30T18:36:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/10\/0THERAPYSTORYLUNCHLEARN.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/event\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\/","url":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/event\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\/","name":"Lunch &amp; Learn: Letting Go Without Losing Touch: Real answers for parenting - The Events Calendar","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/event\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/event\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/10\/0THERAPYSTORYLUNCHLEARN.png","datePublished":"2026-10-30T13:39:03+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-30T18:36:56+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/event\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/event\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/event\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/10\/0THERAPYSTORYLUNCHLEARN.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/10\/0THERAPYSTORYLUNCHLEARN.png","width":1080,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/event\/lunch-learn-letting-go-without-losing-touch-real-answers-for-parenting\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lunch &amp; Learn: Letting Go Without Losing Touch: Real answers for parenting"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/","name":"The Events Calendar","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/246141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}