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.)

Conversation with a Liar.

There is no cure for the lying teenager although sometimes they stop lying. They sometimes decide to stop. Why? Not sure. Still, I believe t...

Three-Card Monte and Your Oppositional Teen By Ralph Kramden

...you win Three Card Monte by not playing. Don't give your teen that same old nugget of enabling, letting him, or her, know that it...

Happy Boss's Day to Valerie!

It was a surprise for Supervisor Valerie Ketter to find that the parents at a fairly large PSST meeting in Mt Lebanon wished her a Happy Bos...

Drugs and Alcohol are Equal Opportunity Destroyers

Drugs and Alcohol are Equal Opportunity Destroyers ”One of the most difficult things to accept as a parent is that we do not have control o...

Summary of the Oct 9, 2010 PSST Meeting

Summary of the Oct 9, 2010 PSST Meeting We had a good turn-out for the Oct 9 PSST Meeting in Wexford with 9 parents representing 7 families,...

A child with an addiction is a challenge; even for a competent, corporate leader ~ Ralph Kramden

Here is a quote that 'Ralph Kramden' asked me to post on the PSST blog. Yesterday on "Undercover Boss", Mike White, Presid...

Do the Twist part Two and I'm not going to Pee in that cup!

Theme #3: I'm not going to do [whatever you told them to do} Note: Special PSST bonus points and/ or a prize to anyone who can correctl...

Pictures added to Parent of the Year Post

Click here to see added pictures to Rocco and Sally Receive Allegheny County Parent of the Year post. I had a few on there before but no on...

Rocco and Sally Attend Juvenile Justice Week - Award Ceremony

After an adventurous and fast-paced ride to town Sally and her friends were glad to disembark out of Kathie T's Green Cadillac to meet ...

Rocco and Sally claim Allegheny County Parent-of-the-Year award!

Kathie Tagmyer from Wesley Spectrum Family Counseling gave a brief introduction to Rocco and Sally. Then, in eloquent dual acceptance speech...

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