Youth Issues is a coalition that connects people who care about youth. YI identifies issues, and promotes family and community interaction and involvement to better the health of our youth in mind, body and spirit. The coalition organizes TV Turnoff Week, celebrated each year in April. Members of the coalition include a school psychologist, representatives from the schools, Scouts, CNADA, area churches, prevention specialists, and law enforcement.
As I remember my days on a crew so many years ago, the beer was: 1) a confirmation of appreciation. After doing a good job, it was like a reward. 2) a recognition/rite of passage into manhood exercise. You are a part of the men now, so have a beer.
The ideas of appreciation and recognition are good things, it's the medium used that becomes not good. Are there other ways to accomplish these?
No matter what you do, your never going to get the majority of kids to stop drinking. The only reason that the amount of MIP's has gone down, is because the amount of losers in broadus has gone up. no one goes out, not because they dont want to drink. Its because there afraid of what people like you all will say when they get in trouble. its all one big gossip ring in this town. thats where we should start. not at the drinking, but the people who talk about the troubled kids. DUH
I agree. w. anon. when the town of broadus talks about it more kids drink then because it causes a great deal of anger. You judge after you yourself have done it. and you lie if youve never had a drink of alcohol. Its not that we want to get drunk, but after a hard days work, a drink or two is fine. Parents always confuse kids with wanting to get drunk. Kids get drunk because they feel they have to drink as many as possible because at any time parents are going to call, or something else will happen. If they were allowed to do it in moderation or not be frowned upon and talked about I believe it wouldn't happen as often as it does.
The gossip doesn't cause the drinking, the shocking behaviors cause the talk. The true danger is in the absolute EXPECTATION that kids will drink. It's not a rite of passage, it's not an initiation into adulthood. It's illegal, dangerous behavior and a certain percentage of "experimenters" will find themselves as alcholics. Attitudes must change.
What young adult needs is not instant gradification as a can of beer for a job well done but words of positive encouragement. When it takes longer to acchieve success it is better appreciated. Then the young adult can say "I can do it!" It all really begins at home with the parents teaching their kids 'you can do it' It doesn't take an alcoholic drink or whatever to stimulate the positive feelings but rather it gives you a negative attitude. Parents need to teach accountablity. Action versus Results. To many lives are wasted by the time they are 30.
I think we should put all of our kids in glass bubbles. That way they can go on experiencing life through a glass window, seeing only what we want them too. Why not take away driving privileges, their right to hunt, or quit having them help on the ranch. All of these are very dangerous and many kids are harmed in these activities. That way when they are not longer in our care they are released in the real world with no understanding of negative consequences and how to make right decisions without our guidance. One of the greatest things about growing up in the country is that you have a chance to really live before you grown up and experience things without the serious consequences and fast pace of the cities. Lets take that away from them.
I personaly believe that underaged drinking is wrong. I don't really care for aged drinking at all for that matter. As a youth I have seen several high school kids make it through high school without drinking. I think that what you are trying to do is realy great. But the way that I look at it is unless the parents in the comunity stop supporting the underaged drinking, and the kids decide that they want to stop drinking they aren't going to stop. I personaly wouldn't want to find out how my parents would repond to me drinking. My parents would be very hurt if they found out that I started drinking. It boils down to what your heart is. What you do and say reflects what your heart is. Broadus is clickish if you know what I mean. They find somone/somthing to gossip about and they don't stop. They don't know when to quit. Somone gets in trouble and they nag on them constantly. Sometimes you need to keep your mouth shup and not nag. So people need to look at them selves and see how they can make it easier for the youth to stop drinking. So as a youth, that is against underaged drinking,I think that we can make a diffrence in the comunity. But it will be difficult. We need to stay strong and not give in.
Yes, many parents have done the very same thing they are trying to steer their children away from. But not because they are trying to control everything and everyone in the children's lives. They do it because with age comes a whole different perspective on such events. As you age you acquire wisdom. These parents are trying to guide their children down a better path than they took. It would be great if we could stop all of the ails of society. We can't, but we can provide education and information for adults and children to make better decisions for themselves.
"Only some of us can learn by other people's mistakes. The rest of us have to be the other people". I agree with Darlynn - we're trying to help our kids not be the "other people"!
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How do we discourage underage drinking at brandings?
As I remember my days on a crew so many years ago, the beer was:
1) a confirmation of appreciation. After doing a good job, it was like a reward.
2) a recognition/rite of passage into manhood exercise. You are a part of the men now, so have a beer.
The ideas of appreciation and recognition are good things, it's the medium used that becomes not good. Are there other ways to accomplish these?
We need to start by having brandings without alcohol available...we need to set the standard at our own. Pop works!!
No matter what you do, your never going to get the majority of kids to stop drinking. The only reason that the amount of MIP's has gone down, is because the amount of losers in broadus has gone up. no one goes out, not because they dont want to drink. Its because there afraid of what people like you all will say when they get in trouble. its all one big gossip ring in this town. thats where we should start. not at the drinking, but the people who talk about the troubled kids. DUH
I agree. w. anon. when the town of broadus talks about it more kids drink then because it causes a great deal of anger. You judge after you yourself have done it. and you lie if youve never had a drink of alcohol. Its not that we want to get drunk, but after a hard days work, a drink or two is fine. Parents always confuse kids with wanting to get drunk. Kids get drunk because they feel they have to drink as many as possible because at any time parents are going to call, or something else will happen. If they were allowed to do it in moderation or not be frowned upon and talked about I believe it wouldn't happen as often as it does.
The gossip doesn't cause the drinking, the shocking behaviors cause the talk. The true danger is in the absolute EXPECTATION that kids will drink. It's not a rite of passage, it's not an initiation into adulthood. It's illegal, dangerous behavior and a certain percentage of "experimenters" will find themselves as alcholics. Attitudes must change.
What young adult needs is not instant gradification as a can of beer for a job well done but words of positive encouragement. When it takes longer to acchieve success it is better appreciated. Then the young adult can say "I can do it!"
It all really begins at home with the parents teaching their kids 'you can do it' It doesn't take an alcoholic drink or whatever to stimulate the positive feelings but rather it gives you a negative attitude. Parents need to teach accountablity. Action versus Results.
To many lives are wasted by the time they are 30.
I think we should put all of our kids in glass bubbles. That way they can go on experiencing life through a glass window, seeing only what we want them too. Why not take away driving privileges, their right to hunt, or quit having them help on the ranch. All of these are very dangerous and many kids are harmed in these activities. That way when they are not longer in our care they are released in the real world with no understanding of negative consequences and how to make right decisions without our guidance. One of the greatest things about growing up in the country is that you have a chance to really live before you grown up and experience things without the serious consequences and fast pace of the cities. Lets take that away from them.
I personaly believe that underaged drinking is wrong. I don't really care for aged drinking at all for that matter. As a youth I have seen several high school kids make it through high school without drinking. I think that what you are trying to do is realy great. But the way that I look at it is unless the parents in the comunity stop supporting the underaged drinking, and the kids decide that they want to stop drinking they aren't going to stop. I personaly wouldn't want to find out how my parents would repond to me drinking. My parents would be very hurt if they found out that I started drinking. It boils down to what your heart is. What you do and say reflects what your heart is.
Broadus is clickish if you know what I mean. They find somone/somthing to gossip about and they don't stop. They don't know when to quit. Somone gets in trouble and they nag on them constantly. Sometimes you need to keep your mouth shup and not nag. So people need to look at them selves and see how they can make it easier for the youth to stop drinking. So as a youth, that is against underaged drinking,I think that we can make a diffrence in the comunity. But it will be difficult. We need to stay strong and not give in.
Yes, many parents have done the very same thing they are trying to steer their children away from. But not because they are trying to control everything and everyone in the children's lives. They do it because with age comes a whole different perspective on such events. As you age you acquire wisdom. These parents are trying to guide their children down a better path than they took. It would be great if we could stop all of the ails of society. We can't, but we can provide education and information for adults and children to make better decisions for themselves.
"Only some of us can learn by other people's mistakes. The rest of us have to be the other people". I agree with Darlynn - we're trying to help our kids not be the "other people"!
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