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Parent to Parent: Real Life TIps to Raise Resilient Kids, is a podcast from Communities that Care of Greater Downingtown. Every other week Chrissie and Bethann will meet with experts and other parents to discuss topics related to raising healthy kids--everything from drug and alcohol use to mental health to supporting independence. Each episode will give listeners concrete, hands-on tips that parents can use in their homes with their families right away. Hosts Chrissie Dziembowski and Dr. Bethann Cinelli have a combined 40+ years experience working in health education with youth, parents, schools and communities. Thank you for joining us! Communities that Care has a Parent2Parent Blog and many online resources and webinars. Please follow us on socials for more tips, resources and support!: Instagram @downingtownctc Facebook @DowningtownAreaCTC Twitter @DowningtownCTC YouTube LinkedIn We would love to hear from you! Please email Chrissie Dziembowski with any questions, comments or other feedback at cdziembowski@dtownctc.org
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Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
It's spring break this week so we are sharing our very first episode to listen to again or perhaps hear for the first time! We loved this conversation with our CTC Partner, Kim Porter, from Be A Part of the Conversation. We hope you have a safe and happy spring break and we will be back with an all-new episode in two weeks!
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Welcome to our first episode of Parent to Parent: Real Life Tips to Raise Resilient Kids. Today we are talking with Kim Porter, Executive Director of Be A Part of the Conversation. Kim is sharing her family’s story about her son’s substance use disorder and their journey to recovery and resiliency. Kim shares LOTS of “lessons learned” and resources for parents and also that substance use and dependency can happen to any family--as she says, “not my kid, that's not a thing”. Join us for tips, strategies and conversation about what parents can do now to prevent use and how to support your kids, and yourself, if your child is using substances.
Be a Part of the Conversation equips families and communities with skills and resources to understand substance use, addiction, and related health issues. They procommunity programs, foster supportive connections, highlight lived experiences, and challenge stigma.
Things we mentioned during our conversation:
Be a Part of the Conversation has tons of resources on their site plus the Parent Partnership support groups Kim mentioned. Follow Be a Part of the Conversation on:
Instagram: @convozone
Twitter: @ConvoZone
Support groups for Parents that are free and anonymous include AlaNon and NarAnon
Kim mentioned her son was in the “mascot” role in her family--this is based on the family roles of substance use disorder.. Learn more about the roles here.
You can now follow Chrissie on Instagram @ctc_chrissie for info from each episode, Parent to Parent blog updates, and other parent resources.
Communities that Care has a Parent to Parent Blog and many online resources and webinars. Please follow us on socials for more tips, resources and support!:
Instagram @downingtownctc
Facebook @DowningtownAreaCTC
Twitter @DowningtownCTC
Be sure to Subscribe/Follow us to get new episodes every other Monday. We would love to hear from you! Please email Chrissie with any questions, comments or other feedback at cdziembowski@dtownctc.org
Find the episode webpage and previous episodes HERE.
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