Troubled Teens Resources

Teen age drug abuse has resulted in thousands of drug education and preventative programs across the country, all designed to protect the teenagers in their respective communities. Some are very comprehensive, encompassing everything from computer labs to mentorship, such as the Grumman program we just posted about at our Troubled Teens blog.

But when there isn’t a big corporation willing to underwrite a large program, it falls upon those dedicated individuals who individually continue to educate parents and teens about the dangers of drugs in any way that they can.

The following account is impressive in that an event focused on the town’s teens drew a crowd of three hundred concerned parents. We’ve reported where similar efforts drew zero - nada - no parents. You just have to love small town America.

“…a Columbia County Magistrate Judge has dedicated the last year to using straight talk to teenagers and their parents to help keep teenagers out of trouble.

Judge Wade Padgett hosts Teenage Years 101. It’s a program to spread a message of awareness to parents and teenagers …and tonight Judge Padgett delivered his message for the 20Th time.”

It seems he never has trouble drawing a crowd, tonight more than three hundred parents and grandparents packed the pews at West Acres Baptist Church.

Grandparents Pat and Billy Becton were there, hoping to learn more about problems their seven grandchildren may face. “Kids today face a lot more temptations than they did when we were growing up.” Says Billy Becton.
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Jennifer Thompson and her husband were on hand listening on behalf of their eight children. “You hope you’ve taught them the right things, but they have a lot of things they encounter, so it’s tough.” says Jennifer.”

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