This Week's Program
Curbing Underage Drinking
“The best way to approach [teen drinking] is to simply say: look, we have a zero tolerance policy for alcohol and drugs and it’s not even the legal issue, it’s really an issue of preserving your own physical development and making sure that you have every opportunity to be successful across your life.” —Brian Kelley
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Media Matters
Steve Carpenter
I agree the issue of teenage drinking is a serious problem. Many people think of it as partying but in reality teenage abuse of alcohol and drugs often masks the pain they feel. This pain sometimes emerges as more extreme forms of destructive behavior, like suicide.
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For a list of some of the research, articles and publications completed by Dr. Kelley in this area of expertise, email us at info@ShapingFamilies.com.
VIDEO & WEBSITE:
Finding Hope in Recovery: Families Living with Addiction. A documentary of challenging and heartbreaking stories of families facing addictions and traveling the stages of recovery—and setback. Website. DVD.
TREATMENT & RECOVERY CENTERS:
Caron Recovery Centers
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
WEBSITES:
Curbing Binge Drinking Takes Group Effort
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment - A division for the US Department of Health & Human Services
Above the Influence: A fun and interactive website for youth going against the grain of acceptance that kids are going to be “under the influence” of drugs and alcohols.
Tips for Teens: The Truth about Alcohol
TV news story: A CBS TV news story from June 2006 showing “Teen Drinking Takes Toll on Brain: Study Shows Effects of Alcohol Can Last Far Longer than the Buzz”
Burton's Blog
The Lessons from Jack
Burton Buller
I’ve never understood the fascination with underage drinking. The pressure was certainly there when I was growing up, as it is in all generations here in North America. There were always those youth who somehow feel that consuming alcohol in vast quantities is a badge of courage. To me it always seemed so utterly silly. Even stupid.
Continue ReadingNext Week
Stay at Home Mom. Jennifer Murch is the mother of four children who stays at home by choice, and opens up their adventures through a regular blog, Mama’s Minutia. She also homeschools the kids. In next week's program Shaping Families asks her, “What’s it like to be home with four kids all day?” Jennifer also writes a bi-weekly cooking column in the Harrisonburg, Va., newspaper, Daily News Record.
Favorite Family Recipes
Maple Twists
Charlotte Penner, one of the authors of Mennonite Girls Can Cook says, "I have taught women’s groups at several churches how to make this recipe. It has been deemed a fantastic recipe, and is so much fun to do together in a large group. It easier to make these twists than it looks, and they are worth the effort. You will be so pleased from the time the aroma of baking cinnamon and maple teases your senses until you enjoy your first bite. This is a good recipe to enjoy in fall and winter. Happy baking!"
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