Over the years we have collected/shared hard-won information, skills, and techniques a parent needs to help a teenager with a drug problem save his own life. (CLICK ON THE LOGO ABOVE to return to the home-page for this blog.) | ||||
|
| ||||
Welcome First Time Visitors! (Click Rainbow)
UPCOMING MEETINGS
**** PSST meetings will be discontinued for the next several months. Once we have determined a re-start date for the meetings, we will post that information on this website. ****
Check the calendar on the right for the date and location of our next Saturday morning meeting. Meetings are held from 9-11:30am. The first Saturday of the month we meet at the Eastern Probation Office in Wilkinsburg; the second Saturday is at Trinity Lutheran Church in Wexford; and the third Saturday is at Sts Simon and Jude School in Greentree. We always hope to see new parents in attendance. If you've been thinking about coming to one of our meetings, why not make this the one?
Please click on thumbnail maps below for directions.
Directions to Eastern Probation Office
The Eastern Probation Office is located at 907 West St., Wilkinsburg, PA 15221
Click here for detailed directions
Directions to Trinity Lutheran Church (including alternate avoiding I79)
Trinity Lutheran Church is at 2500 Brandt School Road, Wexford, PA 15090.
Click here for the detailed directions
Directions to Saints Simon and Jude School
Saints Simon & Jude School is at 1607 Greentree Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15220. Click on the thumbnail map for Google Maps Directions. Time To Act
How to tell if your teen is using and take action to intervene |
Link to This American Life for Switched at Birth
| |||
 |
Click here to go to This American Life original story. |
2 comments:
What a story - how powerful our genetics are! Our son Dylan is adopted, and he is unlike the rest of our family both in appearance and in behaviors. I am glad that we never hid from him the fact that he is adopted. Although sometimes it can be so hard to understand his outlook and behavior, because it's so different from ours, there are many of his qualities that we truly admire, enjoy, and encourage.
For those of you who aren't sure how to find an hour to listen to this audio-only story, listen while you make dinner, work on your knitting, file your fingernails, whatever!
Jenn
I love "This American Life"! The kids have sometimes listened to the podcast when we go on long drives and it's great to see them engrossed in the story. This was an especially good episode as it hits close to home for so many of us.
Stephen was adopted as well and we often point out that his musical talent comes from his birth dad and maternal grandfather, definitely not from us. Not only does he have different genes, he has incredible difficulties because his birth mother drank while pregnant.
Thanks for posting this, Lloyd.
Brigitte
Post a Comment