Mamaroneck Schools

Larchmont/Mamaroneck Community Counseling Center
(914) 698-7549 · communitycounselingcenter.org

If you or someone you know is in crisis now:
St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester provides a 24-hour psychiatric emergency room: (914) 967-6500.

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988 if you or someone you know needs support now, or chat at 988lifeline.org.

The following books can be very helpful for parents and students as they navigate the high school years:

• How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success – Julie Lythcott-Haims
• The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives – William Stixrud, PhD and Ned Johnson
• The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed – Jessica Lahey
• The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Timeless Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children – Wendy Mogel
• The Blessing of a B Minus: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Resilient Teenagers – Wendy Mogel
• Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life – William Deresiewicz
• Where You Go is Not Who You'll Be: The Antidote to the College Admissions Mania – Frank Bruni
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together In the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations about Race – Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD