I've added a page related to Inhalants. This information is appropriate for all, particularly important to Middle School Parents. This is something every parent of teens should know about. The information is from the Virginia Inhalant Abuse Prevention Coalition.
I'm adding a page titled "Where's Kate?" that will list the sites and topics where I will be speaking. I have several different presentations for parents and teachers coming up in the Washington, DC area, and I thought I'd let readers know, if you are interested in a live discussion.
Jay Mathews from the Washington Post started an on-line chat about college drinking that some families with older teens may be interested in. The UVA program that he mentions is in Arlington on March 30th. If you are interested in more information, feel free to contact me. To see what others are saying about college drinking and to see a few useful links click here.
On that note, parents and teens are starting college visits and HS seniors are making decisions about which colleges they will attend. One of the reasons parents give when allowing their high school students to drink is that this will help dissuade them from risky drinking behaviors in college. The research doesn't support this. See what motivates college drinking in this fact sheet related to college drinking.
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