Tag: five moms
group name: fivemoms
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August 01, 2007 02:00 AM EDT --
If you think that because your child doesn't take street drugs that they don't do drugs at all, think again. If you think you're safe because your bathroom medicine cabinet has over-the-counter . . .
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October 02, 2007 02:52 PM EDT --
The Kansas D.A.R.E. program wrote an article about the Five Moms campaign and my involvement for its web site.
The article notes that the Five Moms campaign is working to spread the word to parents . . .
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October 18, 2007 10:58 AM EDT --
Congratulations again to those who arranged a community workshop about cough medicine abuse in Springfield, Missouri. Your initiative in spreading the word will help protect kids throughout your community. . . .
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October 08, 2007 01:56 PM EDT --
Finding time to talk to your kids about drug and alcohol abuse can be challenging. So it is important to make sure that the window of time you do find is as useful as possible. Before you talk to your . . .
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August 22, 2007 09:46 AM EDT --
This news is very disappointing.
The 19th Annual Partnership Attitude Tracking Study published by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America shows a 12 percent decline since 2005 in frequent discussions . . .
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October 16, 2007 02:06 PM EDT --
A community near Chattanooga, Tenn., reported last week that teenagers were abusing cough medicine at school. The students admitted to taking between five and 15 pills at one time during the school day . . .
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May 22, 2008 04:43 PM EDT --
It's a situation you never hope to find yourself in – you discover that your child is abusing cough medicine. From experience, I know how difficult this is as a parent. But with the help of . . .
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August 07, 2007 06:07 PM EDT --
Before Blaise Brooks joined Five Moms, she'd never heard of cough medicine abuse. "I was not familiar with it before but the more I dove into it, the more I discovered it was more common . . .
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May 16, 2007 11:57 AM EDT --
Today, The Hill, a Washington, D.C., newspaper that covers Capitol Hill, published an informative piece on the prevalence of cough medicine abuse and how the Five Moms Campaign is reaching out to parents . . .
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May 11, 2007 02:36 PM EDT --
On Saturday, May 12 at 9:40 a.m. EST, the Five Moms will appear on the Fox News Channel’s morning television show Fox & Friends to discuss the dangerous trend of teen cough medicine abuse and . . .
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September 26, 2007 04:08 PM EDT --
Since the Partnership for A Drug-Free America recently came out with data that indicated a decrease in parent/teen discussions about drugs, we’ve been stressing how important it is to take time . . .
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September 15, 2009 04:16 PM EDT --
With our teens’ social schedules filling up now that they are back in school, many of us tend to worry about their behavior at parties or gatherings. There is certainly the risk of your teen coming . . .
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October 02, 2009 10:05 AM EDT --
A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to speak with drug abuse awareness counselor Jeff Wolfsberg . During our conversation, I told Jeff about what the Five Moms have . . .
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February 06, 2008 08:58 AM EST --
When we started searching for the Five Moms All-Stars , we were hoping to receive inspiring stories from parents about how they spread the word about cough medicine abuse. We didn't realize . . .
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April 09, 2008 03:05 PM EDT --
We've all procrastinated and waited until the last minute to do something. Think of all of the people you know who have put off doing taxes until this week, for example. And we've probably all . . .
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June 30, 2008 09:56 AM EDT --
I came across this story from a San Diego TV channel. The piece warned parents about over-the-counter medicine abuse, something we have been talking about for the last year here at FiveMoms.com . . .
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September 08, 2008 12:44 PM EDT --
I just got back to Kansas from the 21st D.A.R.E. International Training Conference, which was held last week in San Antonio and I’m excited to share some of my experiences with you.
I traveled to San . . .
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May 07, 2007 10:07 AM EDT --
In the blink of an eye, my entire life had changed. My son Ryan, then 18-years-old, was arrested for armed robbery while under the influence of a mixture of over-the-counter (OTC) cough medicine and marijuana. . . .
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July 23, 2008 02:12 PM EDT --
This year – once a month from January to our first anniversary in May – we featured five women who have all made a great contribution to our cause, working locally to stop teen cough medicine abuse. I’m . . .
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August 29, 2007 09:39 AM EDT --
As we move into cough and flu season, this is the opportune time for you and your family to take stock of your medicine cabinet and keep tabs on it all season long.
Safeguarding your medicine cabinet . . .
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