Monthly Archives: September 2010

How Drinking Affects Family

By Laura M. Laura received an Honorable Mention for this essay in the 2010 “Say It Straight Up” writing contest, age 12-17 division. Laura is a student in Camarillo. Nowadays a teenager can get alcohol so easily! When I was fifteen years old my life was completely different compared to how it is now. I [...]

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Musings about parenting my future teens…

As a mother of three very little ones, I wonder what it’s going to be like when they’re tweens and teens.  Do they really have to go through the same “rites of passage” as I did?  What can I do to stack the odds in favor of them choosing a healthier path?  What do adolescents [...]

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