Social Media and Your Teens

What do you need to know, and how can you keep your kids safe?  In today’s world, many teens communicate the most through social media.  No, it isn’t like when we grew up and wrote notes and folded them up into tiny triangles and passed them between classes…. now...

January Winning Words – Speech

Speech comes in many forms: words, tone of voice, facial expression, body language, even silence can “speak” volumes. This month’s winning word that Drug Free Charlotte County is passing out during parent pick-up at our elementary schools is “SPEECH.” This word is on...

Winning Word – November – HONOR

As we shared earlier this month, Winning Words is an elementary school parent pickup outreach of encouragement for families. Strong families are the best deterrent against substance use in our youth. Drug Free Charlotte County continues to hand out Winning Word...

The Lost Art of “Tête-a-Tête”

For those of us in the boomer generation, we remember family dinners around the table with face-to-face conversations about our day, current events, and a multitude of other topics. No cell phones, no tablets, no computers, no iPads, and no TV during dinner. Little...

Poison Prevention Week

In honor of National Poison Prevention Week, we are sharing a compilation of Poison Control Tips for our partners at our Poison Control Center!  #PreventPoison #NPPW18 #PoisonHelp   Prescription Medications: Keep away from children, take as directed, and avoid...

Parent Talk:Your Teens and Relationships

At times, those of us in prevention can sound like a broken record when it comes to the important role of parents in preventing youth substance use. While it may be readily accepted as a truth in parenting, we may not always follow up with the “how”… Well, here we are...