What do you know about the kinds of things that your kids know about? The subject of this post is one that you might choose to ignore. Trust me when I say that if you care, you should read it. The fact is that there are even more children who might be at risk than most people think.
How old are your children? Do you think that they are too young to know about or use drugs and alcohol? How about their friends?
What would you say if I told you that kids as young as eight and ten are using alcohol and drugs? Did you know that Gummy Bears are being soaked in vodka and eaten by grammar school kids during school?
Did you know that bath salts have become one of the most dangerous drugs that can cause death? How about plant food? What do you know about the dangers that plant food can cause for children??
Parents, aunts and uncles, older siblings and all adults…please tune in. Do your homework and communicate with the kids you love. It might just save a life.
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I just read an email from a Dad who was worried about his daughter. I am going to share a portion of it. (He gave me permission as long as I use a different name.)
Angela is in fifth grade. Her mom passed away over a year ago from breast cancer. Both of us had a hard time adjusting to my wife’s death. After her mom died, Angela and I went out for a lot of dinners. I think we both thought food helped us feel less pain. I have gained about 35 pounds in the last year. I really didn’t notice that Angela gained weight until a few days ago.
Angela was starting to get passed missing her mom and I saw she was getting happier until the beginning of this school year. I saw she started to go to her room when she came home. Her grades were dropping and she never had friends come over. Not like before.
A couple of days ago, I called her for dinner and she didn’t come. I knocked on her door and she didn’t answer. It was locked. I kept calling and she didn’t answer. I kicked in the door. She was sitting on her bed and sobbing. I saw blood on her arm. I asked her what was going on and she said nothing. I asked her what happened to her arm and she said she cut it just like every day.
I asked her how and she just looked at me. I didn’t know what she meant by cutting. I never heard of cutting. Now I know about cutting.
It ends up that kids have been bullying her at school and calling her fatty and slob and whale and pig.
Please tell parents to watch their kids closer because bad things happen and if they don’t find out until it’s too late, it could be too late.
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What could be better than waking up on the first day of 2012 and going outside to see this picture? That is a sure sign that 2012 is going to be amazing.
My suggestion for you today is to find something positive about every single thing that happens today. Remember that people are as happy as they want to be. They can be as successful as they believe they will be as long as they add action to the process.
So let your goal for today to see the positive and share the positive with all you meet. It will come back a million fold. Try it. Think about it this way; If I hadn’t looked up toward the sky, I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to see this beautiful balloon.
If you practice being happy today, you’ll have a head start tomorrow!
Happy New Year!
