by DFCC Blogger | Nov 15, 2018 | Parents, Prevention
Drug Free Charlotte County has recently started an elementary school outreach to encourage resiliency and unity in families. Something as simple as a reminder of what we already know to do – but forget to do, is sometimes all it takes to make a difference....
by DFCC Blogger | Aug 21, 2018 | Parents
As we pulled out of the school parking lot yesterday, I asked my 12-year-old how her day was. “Fine”, was apparently all she could muster. I continued to prod with questions about her new classes and teachers, if she had any old friends in her classes, etc....
by DFCC Blogger | Aug 10, 2018 | Parents, Prevention, Resources, Underage Alcohol Use
As you, like so many of us, prepare to add onto our news feed that picture collage full of our kids in their backpacks headed off to a new year of school, you may be feeling teary eyed or nostalgic. Or, if you’re like me – you are just plain ready to hug a...
by DFCC Blogger | Jun 10, 2018 | Parents, Safe Socializing, Social Norms
“I’m bored”. The dreaded summer whining that parents everywhere are trying to avoid hearing at least for the first few weeks of summer. There’s always “those parents” who seem to have every moment of summer booked with life...
by DFCC Blogger | Jan 20, 2018 | Parents
As I browse through my TimeHop app and see pictures of my children just a few years ago, I am painfully aware that I have fewer and fewer years left with my kids before they are grown and ready to fly out of the nest. I swear it was just yesterday I was holding their...
by DFCC Blogger | Dec 31, 2017 | Health and Wellness, Parents, Prevention
It’s 8 am and I’m already exhausted. So far, I’ve gotten all three kids ready, fed, and off to 3 different schools despite the fact that my oldest “never has anything to wear” and my youngest spent the entire car ride sobbing because he couldn’t bring the snail he...
