The host of the Woodbury Report K4HD.com radio show invited Jermaine Galloway, an Idaho police officer, to talk about the theme of the show, entitled "Cops, Kids and Community."
Lon Woodbury is an Independent Educational Consultant who has worked with families and struggling teens since 1984. He is the founder of Struggling Teens, Inc., the publisher of Woodbury Reports, and an author on a wide number of books about parenting at risk-teens.
Officer Galloway
Jermaine Galloway has served as an Idaho police officer for many years, starting in 1997. He has over a decade of experience working with drug and alcohol issues, including with underage substance abusers. As a peace officer, he has worked in numerous different assignments from criminal investigation to field training. A graduate of the University of San Francisco, earning a bachelor's degree there, he now serves as a Northwest Nazarene University adjunct instructor.
Struggling Teens Receive Help From Cops, Kids, and Community
The guest started the interview by pointing out that drug abuse among young people posed a new, different, and difficult problem. "Drug potency is different from when we were young and experimenting with marijuana," he said, "The potency is more than anything we have ever seen before."
Not all kids are experimenting with drugs or addicted to them, said Jermaine Galloway. Some were actually doing very well in school. Others, he pointed out, were not necessarily addicted, but merely learning and growing through experimentation.
He strongly encouraged parents to practice the art of listening and discernment before leaping to conclusions about the reasons for their child's unusual behavior. "Ask questions but don't lead the talk, let them do the talking. It could be nothing more than stress, or a break up in a relationship or working hard to raise their grades."
The guest will often use theatrical props in his presentation to parents. He will recreate a teenager's bedroom, using the furniture, pop culture posters, and messiness associated with this type of room. Parents are then educated about cryptic symbols in clothes, learn about what kind of music encourages drug use, and learn some favorite places where teens might hide their drugs.
Tall Cop closed the interview with several suggestions on what parents can do to make sure that their children do not get mixed up with the wrong crowd. He suggested that they take advantage of the support offered by community groups that focused on raising awareness for rebellious teens.
Lon Woodbury is an Independent Educational Consultant who has worked with families and struggling teens since 1984. He is the founder of Struggling Teens, Inc., the publisher of Woodbury Reports, and an author on a wide number of books about parenting at risk-teens.
Officer Galloway
Jermaine Galloway has served as an Idaho police officer for many years, starting in 1997. He has over a decade of experience working with drug and alcohol issues, including with underage substance abusers. As a peace officer, he has worked in numerous different assignments from criminal investigation to field training. A graduate of the University of San Francisco, earning a bachelor's degree there, he now serves as a Northwest Nazarene University adjunct instructor.
Struggling Teens Receive Help From Cops, Kids, and Community
The guest started the interview by pointing out that drug abuse among young people posed a new, different, and difficult problem. "Drug potency is different from when we were young and experimenting with marijuana," he said, "The potency is more than anything we have ever seen before."
Not all kids are experimenting with drugs or addicted to them, said Jermaine Galloway. Some were actually doing very well in school. Others, he pointed out, were not necessarily addicted, but merely learning and growing through experimentation.
He strongly encouraged parents to practice the art of listening and discernment before leaping to conclusions about the reasons for their child's unusual behavior. "Ask questions but don't lead the talk, let them do the talking. It could be nothing more than stress, or a break up in a relationship or working hard to raise their grades."
The guest will often use theatrical props in his presentation to parents. He will recreate a teenager's bedroom, using the furniture, pop culture posters, and messiness associated with this type of room. Parents are then educated about cryptic symbols in clothes, learn about what kind of music encourages drug use, and learn some favorite places where teens might hide their drugs.
Tall Cop closed the interview with several suggestions on what parents can do to make sure that their children do not get mixed up with the wrong crowd. He suggested that they take advantage of the support offered by community groups that focused on raising awareness for rebellious teens.
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Find out more about Struggling Teens. Lon Woodbury has the recorded the entire interview on his Woodbury Reports radio show for people to listen to at any time.
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