Parent Survival Skills Training (PSST)

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.)

LOOK TO THE RIGHT

LOOK TO THE RIGHT Look to the right of this page and you will find a link to “ TIME TO ACT ” presented by the Partnership for a Drug-Free Am...

Highest Duty: the Search for What Really Matters

I read Rocco's comment to another post where he mentions that he is reading and really enjoying this book by Chesley B. Sullenberger. I ...

Mock Car Crash Day at Brashear High School 5-19-10

Two teens from Liberty Station joined a 24 year-old to warn Brashear High Students not to drink and drive. There were eight of us; Cathy Cul...

"Who Moved the Cheese?" or How Parent's Power Surge Perplexes Teen

This is an email that I received from Lloyd, who is Cisco's P.O. Lloyd and I have had several conversations over the last year about th...

Be on the look-out for paraphernalia

You migt think that it's good that your teen is interested in gas masks. What an interesting thing to collect. Maybe he wants to be a F...

Thanks PSST - May 15 Meeting Summary

We had a good turnout for our PSST meeting Saturday at the Outreach Teen & Family Services location in Mt. Lebanon. In addition to Val a...

A First-Time PSST Parent's Perspective

Here is a comment I received shortly after yesterday's PSST meeting. It is from a newcomer and I am printing it with her permission: I ...

Juvenile Court Glossary - Published and Distributed by Juvenile Section Common Pleas Court - Family Division

Juvenile Court Glossary This glossary is provided so that people attending Juvenile Court hearings may have a better understanding of the l...

Flying Above the Storm - by Ralph Kramdem

“ Eagles: When they walk, they stumble. They are not what one would call graceful. They were not designed to walk. They fly. And when they f...

Happy Mothers Day from PSST and The MOM SONG!

Yesterday, at our Wexford PSST, in honor of Mother's Day we had a cake (White Batter with Vanilla Mouse Center.) This picture is from m...

Max & Mel's Terrible Adventure: THE PREQUEL

At the exact moment that Max & Mel's Terrible Adventure Parts 1 & 2 were occurring, Mel and I were also dealing with the proble...

Hey Dad, can I have another nugget?

Hey Dad, can I have another nugget? Summary of the May 1 PSST Meeting It was a warm and sunny Saturday. A lot of spring stuff was going on a...

My name is Ed- Part II: The Plan

THE PLAN: SIMPLIFICATION LOVE, ACCOUNTABILITY, EXAMPLE (Note-you can find part-one of Ed's post here .) Have you ever been so angry, con...

Push Mom's Buttons - She is The New Video Game

There is a new video game in town - her name is Lori. My name is Lori, and I am the mom of a teenage drug addict. He is a typical teenager ...

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