Parents

First-Ever Strengthening Families Program for Parents and Youth 10-14 (SFP) a Success

December 19, 2011

Thanks to a two-year grant through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD), the area coalition in the Palisades community called Partners in Action for Community Togetherness (PACT) is sponsoring the research-based program called The Strengthening Families Program for Parents and Youth 10-14 (SFP).  

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Keeping an Eye on the “Spirits” of the Season

December 19, 2011

It’s that time of year when kids are probably itching for holiday vacation, counting down the days to extended time off from school until the New Year.

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Local Parent Chat Nights Open the Floor for a Positive Parenting Exchange

May 19, 2011

The Parent Chats initiative is growing in Upper Bucks County! In the past two months two more successful Parent Chats have taken place. Both were held in the Palisades community and were moderated by UBHCHY Coalition Parent Educator, Judi Pason.

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First Parent Chat Night a Community Success!

March 28, 2011

On March 5, 2011, the UBHCHY Coalition held its first Parent Chat at the family home of UBHCHY Chairman, Ray Fox.  Fifteen Quakertown community parents attended with their middle school daughters. 

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Parent Chats: Conversations Between Parents about “Parenting”

March 1, 2011

Why are these parent discussions important? When your children were toddlers, it was probably quite common to have many conversations with other parents, (sometimes even people you just met at the playground or in a playgroup) about different issues.

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Upper Bucks Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Coalition to launch ‘Parent Chats’

December 14, 2010

Generations ago our mothers had an occasional Tupperware Party or the Pot Luck Dinner over a card game to catch up on current events, their children’s successes and the latest parenting challenges.

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How ‘loko’ can it get?: Examining the Dangerous New Substance, 4 Loko

December 14, 2010

Four Loko, Moonshot, Joose, and other caffeine-infused alcohol products (also known as Alcoholic Energy drinks) exploded onto the scene several months ago and quickly became one of the biggest new threats to public safety.

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‘Digital drugs’ can send youth down a dangerous path

November 10, 2010

As digital drugs, also known as “i-dosing,” has popped up in some parts of the nation, drug experts and school officials are warning parents to beware. Last year, students at Mustang High School, OK, who appeared to be high were sent to the principal’s office, where they claimed they’d tried something called “i-dosers.”

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