Troubled Teens Resources

You can never predict what will move a troubled teen’s heart from sadness to hope. What will be that one thing that will divert an at-risk teen from a path of drug abuse and a ruined life.
A parent needs every weapon, every tool available to deflect the wayward teen away from substance abuse and a well done inspirational movie is valuable addition to the arsenal.
One such movie is “Take the Lead” based on real life dance impresario Pierre Dulaine.

“The formula sounds familiar: Inner-city kids with various problems are introduced to a positive and persistent role model, one who, after breaking through their tough exteriors with the power of ballroom dance, changes their outlook–and lives–for the better, forever.
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New York City dance instructor Pierre Dulaine, whose New York public school-based Dancing Classrooms program was the subject of the 2005 Academy Award-nominated documentary “Mad Hot Ballroom” and the inspiration for “Take the Lead.” Dulaine’s program teaches the waltz, rumba, merengue, foxtrot, and other dance forms to fifth-graders in over 120 elementary schools throughout all five boroughs of New York City. All at no cost to the students.”
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If your teenager is flirting with drug use, don’t make the mistake of deciding for them what it is that may inspire them. Even though today, a touch of cynicism comes natural to all of us, it can be something as simple as a movie that will help a child discover an innate skill or gift that they never knew they possessed or had no hope of expressing.

You can’t predict what the turning point will be for your troubled teen, but it could be simple, “corny” movie is the instrument that turns your teen away from drug abuse.