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YOU
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RED FLAG Text Messaging Abbreviations:
>:-|| ... mad / angry
=:-O ... scared
420- Lets get high
420- Meaning "Marijuana"
9- Parent is watching / P911 My Parents are in the room.
ADD- Address
A/S/L- Age/sex/location
ASL- Age/sex/location
ASLA- Age/sex/location/availability
BM&Y- Between me and you
EMA- E-mail address
EOL- End of life
F2F- Face to face
FYEO- For your eyes only
KPC- Keeping parents clueless
MOS- Mother over shoulder
NIFOC- Naked in front of computer
PCM- please call me
POS- Parent over shoulder
PRW- People/parents are watching
SOWN- Someone with me
SPST- Same place, same time
SY- See you soon
TNSTAAFL- There's no such thing as a free lunch
TPM- Tomorrow p.m.
TSTB- The sooner, the better
WTGP- ?Want To Go Private? (move to a private chat room)
=:-O ... scared
420- Lets get high
420- Meaning "Marijuana"
9- Parent is watching / P911 My Parents are in the room.
ADD- Address
A/S/L- Age/sex/location
ASL- Age/sex/location
ASLA- Age/sex/location/availability
BM&Y- Between me and you
EMA- E-mail address
EOL- End of life
F2F- Face to face
FYEO- For your eyes only
KPC- Keeping parents clueless
MOS- Mother over shoulder
NIFOC- Naked in front of computer
PCM- please call me
POS- Parent over shoulder
PRW- People/parents are watching
SOWN- Someone with me
SPST- Same place, same time
SY- See you soon
TNSTAAFL- There's no such thing as a free lunch
TPM- Tomorrow p.m.
TSTB- The sooner, the better
WTGP- ?Want To Go Private? (move to a private chat room)
Parenting Workshop
NATIONAL AGENDA offers a powerful prevention tool.
LifeSkills ® Training ¦Parent Program Gibert J. Botvin, Ph.D.
Program Overview The LifeSkills® Training Parent Program is designed to help parents strengthen communication with their children and prevent them from using drugs.
NATIONAL AGENDA offers a powerful prevention tool.
LifeSkills ® Training ¦Parent Program Gibert J. Botvin, Ph.D.
Program Overview The LifeSkills® Training Parent Program is designed to help parents strengthen communication with their children and prevent them from using drugs.
Youth Violence
Family Level Factors
Research demonstrates that family dynamics and parental or caregiver involvement are significantly correlated with an individual's propensity to engage in violent behavior. A lack of parental interaction and involvement increases the risk for violence, particularly among males.12 Failure to set clear expectations, inadequate youth supervision and monitoring, and severe or inconsistent family discipline practices can also contribute to delinquency and violent behavior.
Child abuse and neglect are additional family-level risk factors. Research evidence suggests that children or youth who have been physically abused or neglected are more likely than others to commit violent crimes later in life.13 14 15 Exposure to high levels of marital and family discord or conflict also appears to increase risk, as does antisocial or delinquent behavior by siblings and peers.
Family members, especially parents or primary caregivers, can play a significant role in helping protect youth from violence by emphasizing the importance of education and offering support and affection. Frequent, in-depth conversations and communication between parents and children help build resilience as does the existence of a non-kin support network which offers access to a variety of adult viewpoints and experiences. Other family level protective factors include clear boundaries for behavior that enforce structure and rules within the household and reasonable disciplinary actions when rules are violated.
12.J. David Hawkins, Todd I. Herrenkohl, David P. Farrington, Devon Brewer, Richard F. Catalano, Tracy W. Harachi, and Lynn Cothern, Predictors of Youth Violence, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, April 2000.
13.C.S. Widom, The Cycle of Violence, Science, Volume 244, 1989.
14.M.T. Zingraff, J. Leiter, K.A. Myers, and M. Johnson, Child Maltreatment and Youthful Problem Behavior, Criminology, Volume 31, 1993.
15. C. Smith and T.P. Thornberry, The Relationship between Childhood Maltreatment and Adolescent Involvement in Delinquency, Criminology, Volume 33, 1995.
Family Level Factors
Research demonstrates that family dynamics and parental or caregiver involvement are significantly correlated with an individual's propensity to engage in violent behavior. A lack of parental interaction and involvement increases the risk for violence, particularly among males.12 Failure to set clear expectations, inadequate youth supervision and monitoring, and severe or inconsistent family discipline practices can also contribute to delinquency and violent behavior.
Child abuse and neglect are additional family-level risk factors. Research evidence suggests that children or youth who have been physically abused or neglected are more likely than others to commit violent crimes later in life.13 14 15 Exposure to high levels of marital and family discord or conflict also appears to increase risk, as does antisocial or delinquent behavior by siblings and peers.
Family members, especially parents or primary caregivers, can play a significant role in helping protect youth from violence by emphasizing the importance of education and offering support and affection. Frequent, in-depth conversations and communication between parents and children help build resilience as does the existence of a non-kin support network which offers access to a variety of adult viewpoints and experiences. Other family level protective factors include clear boundaries for behavior that enforce structure and rules within the household and reasonable disciplinary actions when rules are violated.
12.J. David Hawkins, Todd I. Herrenkohl, David P. Farrington, Devon Brewer, Richard F. Catalano, Tracy W. Harachi, and Lynn Cothern, Predictors of Youth Violence, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, April 2000.
13.C.S. Widom, The Cycle of Violence, Science, Volume 244, 1989.
14.M.T. Zingraff, J. Leiter, K.A. Myers, and M. Johnson, Child Maltreatment and Youthful Problem Behavior, Criminology, Volume 31, 1993.
15. C. Smith and T.P. Thornberry, The Relationship between Childhood Maltreatment and Adolescent Involvement in Delinquency, Criminology, Volume 33, 1995.
