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  • Teen Suicide
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• Michael Everett
• Cheryl Nichols
• Diane Kelly

PROGRAM FINDINGS FROM BREAKOUT SESSION 1

• Prouds
  • Intelligence to say no
  • Working hard and going for your goals It ruins dreams
  • Watching over friends and being designated driver
  • Gave kids alternatives (educator)
  • Proud of being a role model (parent)
  • Proud of picking up kids without preaching to them

• Regrets
  • Not being able to say no
  • Not being able to take care of your friends
  • Accepting the drinking and not saying no to underage drinking
  • Not praising our students for not drinking
  • Regret drinking ourselves
  • Selling drugs long and short term
  • Risking family and kids
  • Being naive about d&a
  • Not trusting kids

• Actions
  • Taking personal responsibility for ourselves
  • Recognizing that the choices we make impact not just us but our entire family and friend circle
  • Obeying the law
  • Community looking out for kids
  • Generational communication
  • More trust

PROGRAM FINDINGS FROM BREAKOUT SESSION 2

• Prouds
  • We could be good role models
  • Encourage and support positive choices.
  • Recognize ramifications of alcohol on society and can help counsel others
  • Knowing there is way of having fun without alcohol.
  • Having enough education to say no.
  • Resisting peer pressure.

• Regrets
  • Too many die from alcohol
  • Feeling like some situations are safe so it is okay to drink
  • Regretting drinking at 13. Now at 52, I realize I could not be a good role model during the years of drinking. Now I can let you know the medical ramifications of drinking and teach
  • Drugs and alcohol have a major effect on homelessness and the poor
  • Not knowing what to do to keep children from drinking and drugging despite kids having the knowledge of the consequences of drugs and alcohol

• Actions
  • Peers can tell the truth about responsible living and that makes more difference when people talk to you with respect rather than a lecture
  • Parents need to be consistent in their rules about drinking and how they role model use of alcohol
  • Talk more openly about issues with children
  • Encourage children to think about the consequences of their actions

• Regrets
  • Regret believing all the excuses of a friend
  • Regret not seeing the signs when they were right in front of me
  • Regret lack of support in their schools
  • Regret it when parents deny the problem

• Actions
  • Listen more
  • Create environment with parents for learning
  • Show love/acceptance towards others
  • Create more discerning consumers to understand what’s real vs. product
  • Educate about media and it’s effects on society

PROGRAM FINDINGS FROM BREAKOUT SESSION 2

• Prouds
  • As parents and Educators: able to recognize when we make comments that may promote eating disorder tendencies – and that we encourage our children to eat healthy and exercise in moderation.
  • Not talk about (as a parent) of their negative body image
  • We are not anorexic, we are proud of who we are and we don’t go along with the crowd

• Regrets
  • Think of being something you aren’t
  • Not knowing that someone is struggling with eating disorders
  • Getting sucked into eating disorders
  • Not knowing the signs of eating disorders