Research has shown that resilience helps children better face disappointment, cope with loss, and adapt to change. Studies have shown that this life skill not only helps their childhood and teen years go more smoothly, but can serve them throughout their entire lives by providing better physical and mental health, making them more likely to graduate from college, and receiving better-paying jobs.
Topics: tips, parent involvement, positive parenting
We’ve all heard of Einstein’s Theory E = mc2. We may not understand the theory, but we’ve heard of it. Notice how the world keeps working without trying to understand or control how it works.
Topics: President's Message
Two of this month’s Family Table Talk topics are heritage and reading, and we think they complement Thanksgiving perfectly.
Topics: family bonding, family dinner, Family Table Time
Two of the topics featured in this month’s Family Table Talk kit are decision-making and heroism. While they may seem unrelated, they are actually two sides of the same coin, and that is courage: the strength to choose the right decision and the determination to face your fears and move ahead regardless of those fears.
Topics: parents, Family Table Time
One positive outcome of the pandemic has been that families have been forced by circumstances to spend more time together. No more rushing out the door to play practice in one direction and violin lessons in the other. No more late nights at the office, grabbing a quick fast-food dinner on the way home.
Topics: family bonding, family dinner, Family Table Time
Have you ever noticed we keep asking you “What are you doing for Red Ribbon Week”?
It’s because we are equipping you to live a healthy drug free life and to pass it on to those around you; especially your children.
Over the years it has been interesting to watch people act like, “You’re not talking to me are you?”
Yes YOU! We are talking to YOU. Prevention talks directly to everyone…no exceptions.
Topics: President's Message, red ribbon week
The coronavirus pandemic can’t stop something as important as Red Ribbon Week. This is the oldest and largest drug prevention program in the nation, reaching millions of young people during the nine-day celebration, held from October 23-31 each year.
Topics: red ribbon, red ribbon week, red ribbon theme, redribbonfridays, red ribbon activities
The coronavirus pandemic has curtailed many activities, but Red Ribbon Week is taking place regardless. The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Council will be hosting virtual Red Ribbon rallies on YouTube and Facebook, and this month Informed Families announced its Red Ribbon Mask Challenge to encourage everyone to wear a Red Ribbon-Themed face mask this week.
Topics: red ribbon, red ribbon week, red ribbon theme, 2020 red ribbon theme, redribbonfridays, red ribbon activities
Topics: red ribbon, red ribbon week, red ribbon theme, 2020 red ribbon theme, red ribbon activities
Students, families and schools across America are invited to participate in the 10th Annual National Red Ribbon Week Photo Contest aimed at calling attention to the benefits of staying drug free with photography. The contest, co-sponsored by the National Family Partnership (NFP) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will be held in conjunction with National Red Ribbon Week, which takes place each year from October 23 through 31. The contest will award more than $20,000 to K-12 schools in cities across America.
The photo contest involves participants decorating the fronts of their homes (front door, mailbox or fence), or virtual school/school campuses with double-looped red ribbons while incorporating this year's Red Ribbon theme, Be Happy. Be Brave. Be Drug Free.™ Participants enter the contest by taking a photo of their decorations and by uploading the image to the RedRibbon.org website.
Topics: red ribbon, red ribbon week, red ribbon photo contest, red ribbon theme, 2020 red ribbon theme, red ribbon activities
