Sharon Weingarten, MSW, LSW

Teacher, Social worker, "Founding Mother" of whatiwishyouknew.com

Sharon Weingarten is a licensed social worker, a teacher, a mother and an expert on intergenerational communication.  She earned her Master’s degree in Social Work from Loyola University of Chicago, graduating cum laude, and studied education at the University of Illinois and National Louis University where she earned her B.Ed.  She has taught in a variety of school settings and has over 30 years of experience with children, adolescents, adults and families. At present, she serves as consultant and advisor to a variety of youth and mental health organizations, including The Prevention Researcher Magazine and Northwestern University’s Camp Kesem, a student-run camp for children with a family member who has cancer. 

She is known as the “founding mother” of a multi-school annual writing project where teens write about their problems.  Her intergenerational discussion programs have been used in schools and hospitals.  In addition, Sharon has worked as guest teacher in both elementary and high schools in the Samoan school system with WorldTeach, an affiliate of the Center for International Development at Harvard University. 

To give students all over the world a safe and professional forum in which to share their thoughts, ideas and concerns, she created the website www.whatiwishyouknew.com to encourage dialogue in families, schools, and between students, parents and other adults with whom they come in contact.  She communicates with young people from Sudan, Rwanda, Israel, Australia and kids who may live next door.  Sharon can be reached at sharon@weingartens.net.

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