Monthly Archives: July 2008

Parent to Parent

By Katherine | July 26, 2008

As Program Director and founder of Straight Up I am enthusiastic about our goals and passionate about my job. However, Program Director of Straight Up is not my main job. My main job is Mother of Six. Neither job makes me a parenting expert though. So I want to approach this section of our blog [...]

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Volunteerism: the anti-drug

By Katherine | July 24, 2008

Did you know that youth who volunteer are less likely to abuse marijuana, alcohol, and tobacco and engage in other destructive behavior? In fact, research finds that young people involved in volunteer service are 50 percent more likely to live healthy, drug-free lives (Search Institute, 1995). Volunteering is an excellent opportunity for your kids to [...]

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What can parents do?

By Jeanie | July 23, 2008

Are they going to do it anyway? Can parents really make a difference?

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Insight to the teen brain

By Jeanie | July 23, 2008

Recently I was guided to an interesting and helpful website A Parent’s Guide to the Teen Brain, presented by The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Treatment Research Institute, and WGBH Educational Foundation. This site is fact and personal stories mixed together well using interactive pages and films. There are short films about brain development, teen [...]

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Hello and welcome

By Katherine | July 1, 2008

Welcome to the Straight Up blog! We are excited about this opportunity for teens and young adults to share their view points, opinions and experiences and to help facilitate important community dialog around the issues of underage and binge drinking and impaired driving.

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