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| WELCOME
to our first e-mail newsletter
for the year 2001! |
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have added newsletter staff this
year dedicated to providing you
current and pertinent prevention
and youth development information.
Our newsletters will assist you
as counselors, parents, teachers,
administrators, crime prevention
officers and healthcare professionals
in guiding, educating, and healing
the youth of America. We will
release more issues this year,
each one packed with powerful
statements about alcohol and
drug abuse prevention, tobacco
issues, violence, parenting,
and health and wellness.
For January, we include excerpts
from reliable resources including:
current events from the frontline
resource, Join Together; timely
reflections on America from
USA Today; and
clinically-based research from
APA (American Psychological
Association) Monitor.
What we have found significant
is that our work across America
mirrors the findings of articles
shared here. The USA TODAY article
on the impact of parental verbal
abuse on teens correlates with
our findings in our soon-to-be-released
4-year study,"Teens Seek
Support at School for Emotional
Distress from Home".
We concur with the enclosed
USA TODAY article "Teens
Take Brunt of Parents’
Verbal Abuse" when it states
"verbal abuse is as bad
as a smack in the face, maybe
worse for many young people".
So check out what’s of
interest to YOU. Feel free to
email us a request on a related
topic of special interest.
We’ll do our best to
investigate for upcoming issues.
We look forward to sharing
through the newsletter a mutual
passion for helping kids!
Blessings! Susie Vanderlip
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| NEWS
OF HOPE Volume
4.1 |
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is to a relationship what breathing
is to maintaining Life" Virginia
Satir |
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CONTENTS
OF NEWS OF HOPE Volume 4.1
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LEGACY
JANUARY UPDATE |
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ATTACKING
ADULT "BOREDOM AND
OVERWHELM" |
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RESISTING
THE HOT MAMA PRETEEN LOOKS |
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How
your child dresses tells
others how to treat them. |
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MARKETING
GUNS TO CHILDREN AND TEENS |
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Are
Video games marketing for
Gun Makers? |
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TEENS
TAKE BRUNT OF PARENTS’
VERBAL ABUSE |
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Verbal
abuse can be more damaging
than Physical abuse |
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SMOKING
INCREASES TEEN DEPRESSION |
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Depression
and smoking linked in new
study |
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INTRIGUING
CURRENT PREVENTION ARTICLES |
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From
Premiere Prevention Resource |
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JOIN
TOGETHER (JTO) |
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LEGACY’S
"REAL WORLD ROLE MODELS"
OF THE MONTH |
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For
Adults worthy of notice
and praise For their
dedicated work on behalf
of youth! |
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PREVIEW- FEBRUARY’S
ISSUE |
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RESOURCE
GUIDE AND WEB SITES WORTH
VISITING |
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| 1. Legacy
January Update |
| Attacking
Adult BOREDOM and OVERWHELM!
Ever go to a conference and
think about slipping out on
the keynote speaker? BORING!
Too stressed from work that
you’ve skipped the event
altogether? OVERWHELMED!
Then check out the solution
catching the eye of adult meeting
planners and conference coordinators
LEGACY OF HOPE and DE-STRESS
FOR SUCCESS
Over the past year and a-half,
LEGACY OF HOPE and DE-STRESS
FOR SUCCESS (DSFS) have received
rave reviews from adult audiences
as well as youth.
Susie Vanderlip’s keynote
and workshops appeal to professionals
wanting "something different"
and entertaining, yet relevant
and concrete.
LEGACY OF HOPE has been delighting
audiences at meetings and conferences
for adult associations, human
resources, health and wellness,
psycho-therapeutic fields, crime
prevention, violence and substance
abuse prevention, education,
family-friendly corporations,
and parents.
RECENT
ADULT VENUES:
Susie’s keynote, LEGACY
OF HOPE, captivated and encouraged
professionals at eleven state
counseling association conferences:
Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Mississippi,
Nebraska, South Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington,
and West Virginia in 1999-2000.
DE-STRESS FOR SUCCESS relaxed
several thousand attendees at
many of these events.
Dr. Ken Vanderlip and Susie
Vanderlip, husband and wife,
teamed up to refresh advisors
and counselors at the National
Peer Helpers Association conference
in Boston and the PIHRA
(human resource association)
Chapter in Orange County, California.
UPCOMING
VENUES:
The California School Psychologists
Association will feature Susie’s
LEGACY OF HOPE in March as invited.
In April Susie will keynote
a conference in Victoria, BC
on spirituality for the North
American Indians and at the
University of Arkansas MidSOUTH
Summer School in June. The BC
and
Arkansas conferences will include
joint DSFS workshops
with Ken Vanderlip as well.
INFORMATIONAL
MATERAILS:
For informational materials
and demo video geared for
adult venues, professional
meetings, conferences, associations
and workshops, contact us at
800-707-1977
or Susie@legacyofhope.com |
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| 2."Resisting
the Hot Mama Preteen Looks" |
How
your child dresses tells others
how to treat them.
Excerpts form article by Jeannine
Stein,
Los Angeles Times
Southern California Living
September 15, 2000
"Young, impressionable
girls like having older, glamorous,
more sophisticated girls to
look up to, and each generation
has its role models. We just
happen to be living in an age
when role models have breast
implants and nose jobs, and
wardrobes that would make a
stripper envious.
Our culture has become increasingly
obsessed with sex. It should
come as no surprise that children’s
clothes have become skimpier
and sleazier.
And this stuff sells. Kids
want it, and parents buy it
for them. That’s why marketers
love this age group. Never have
they been targeted more than
now, as they have their own
magazines (American Girl) and
stores (100% Girls, Limited
Too).
It leaves parents in a quandary:
How to straddle the fine line
between letting their children
wear what they want and not
having them appear like Lolitas?
What adults must understand
is that while children as young
as seven are aware of sex, they
don’t fully comprehend
the implications of presenting
themselves as sexual beings.
So says psychologist Lawrence
Balter, a contributing editor
to Family Circle magazine and
author of the soon-to-be published
book "Parenthood in America:
An Encyclopedia". Children’s
"purpose may be to mimic
(a sexy look)," he says,
"but they don’t have
a full grasp on how they are
presenting themselves, nor do
they want to be responded to
as sexually mature people when
they are hardly that….
You shouldn’t be promoting
sexual precocity in your children,
even if it doesn’t bother
you all that much. There is
potential risk that they are
going to be receiving unwanted
attention."
Sarah Banet-Weiser believes
all adults bear some responsibility
when it comes to sexualizing
children. Says the USC assistant
professor at the Annenberg School
for Communication. ". .
. when we see something as sexualizing
little children, we see it as
repulsive and twisted. . . But
certain aspects of that are
not that different from selling
leather miniskirt at Gap Kids.
. . We are repulsed by anything
that overtly sexualizes little
girls; at the same time we participate
in this consumer culture, which
produces precisely this sexualized
little girl."
Be the parent. Set limits.
Say no and mean it when something
is inappropriate. It’s
not as if parents don’t
have a choice. There are lots
of clothes within the bounds
of good taste and decorum.
Mike Dagne is a divisional
merchandise manager for Chicago-based
Sears, and also the parent of
a 9-year-old girl. His shopping
advise: "I think you have
to give the kids a little bit
of latitude, but you also have
to know where to draw the line.
It’s important for parents
to feel comfortable with the
clothes the child is wearing,
but children have to feel in
control most of the time over
what they are wearing. There
has to be give and take."
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| 3. Marketing
Guns to Children and Teens through
Video Games, Marketing Tools for
Gunmakers |
Report Reveals
Latest Effort by Gunmakers to
Market Firearms to Children
and Teens", December 15,
2000 and
"Study Criticizes Computer
Games Endorsed by Gunmakers",
December 18, 2000:
(Full articles available at
www.jointogether.org)
The Violence Policy Center(VPC)
joined by Representative Ed
Markey(D-MA), released its new
study, "From Gun Games
to Gun Stores: Why the Firearms
Industry Wants Their Video Games
on Your Child’s Wish List",
December 14, 2000 on the latest
effort by the gun industry to
market firearms to children
and teens: gun industry video
games.
Through these games, gunmakers
offer virtual versions of their
deadly products to children
to introduce them to firearms
and engender brand loyalty in
future customers. The study
found that guns sold by the
manufacturers were featured
in the games and a digital print
gun catalogue was included in
some game packages. In addition
most have no age rating to warn
parents about objectionable
content.
For example The "Remington
Top Shot" game features
human targets for the player
to shoot at and offers a virtual
arsenal that ranges from 50
caliber Desert Eagle handguns
– the most powerful handgun
sold in the U.S. – to
full-auto assault rifles. And
this game has no rating! Colt’s
"Wild West Shootout"
includes a shootout in a church
and "The Ultimate Target
Challenge" offers over
100 guns from 20 manufacturers.
"Such flagrant marketing
of a deadly product to children
has not been witnessed since
the days of Joe Camel and Spuds
McKenzie," says VPC Policy
Analyst and study author Marty
Langley. In the study, the VPC
calls upon the federal government
to investigate the full range
of gun industry marketing efforts
targeted at children and youth.
The National Rifle Association
disagrees with this study and
said these games are designed
to get children and teens "into
shooting cyber style."
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Take Brunt of Parents’ Verbal
Abuse" |
Verbal abuse
can have similar effects to
Physical abuse.
Excerpts from article by Marilyn
Elias, USA Today, August 15,
2000.
"Cursing out teens, calling
them belittling names and threatening
to kick them out of the house
are common practices by U.S.
parents, the parents themselves
report in a survey out today.
It is most severe if adolescents
are around, shows the Gallup
phone survey of 991 parents."
"This kind of verbal abuse
is as bad as a smack in the
face, maybe worse," says
Elias. "The name calling
concerns me a lot because there’s
no way kids can feel good about
themselves if they hear this,"
says Richard Weinberg of the
University of Minnesota Institute
of Child Development.
About 9 out of 10 parents had
shouted at children 5 to 8 years
old, and 7 of 10 threatened
to spank them in the past year.
Half the parents with infants
had had screamed at them, and
about 1 out of 4 with infants
had threatened to hit their
babies. For parents with adolescents,
about 1 out of 3 said they had
called their children "dumb
or lazy or some other name like
that" in the past year,
and the same number had sworn
at their kids. About 1 out of
5 had threatened to kick a teen
out of the house.
Well-educated parents may be
least likely to acknowledge
that they’re ridiculing
or threatening youngsters. Despite
the booming market for books
on how to parent, many obviously
"just don’t know
good techniques for disciplining
children," Weinberg says.
Local school districts often
sponsor parenting classes and
support groups that teach effective
methods short of physically
or verbally abusing a youngster,
he adds.
Also parents should ask themselves
to what extent a difficult youngster
is imitating parental behavior.
"They are little sponges,"
Weinberg says, "They’ll
absorb what you do and then
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are disfigured on the inside by
the verbal abuse of a drunken
parent just as they are disfigured
on the outside from a drunk driver."
Susie Vanderlip, CSP |
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| 5. Smoking
Increases Teen Depression |
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and smoking linked in new study
Excerpted from the article
by By Deborah Smith in
"Monitor on Psychology",
December 2000.
Researchers have typically
viewed depression as increasing
the likelihood of smoking behavior.
But Goodman and Capitman’s
research has found the reverse:
"Nondepressed teens who
smoked in the prior month faced
approximately a four times greater
risk of developing depression
than nonsmoking teens."
The researchers analyzed two
samples of adolesents. The first
sample of 8,704 nondepressed
teens was studied to determine
the effects of cigarette smoking
on developing high depressive
symptoms.
Teens who smoked at baseline
were more likely to develop
depression, and depressed teens
were more than twice as likely
to become moderate to heavy
smokers. Among teens that were
not depressed at baseline, smokers
were more than twice as likely
to become depressed. Smoking
behavior at one year was also
highly associated with reporting
depression.
Cigarette smoking was the single
strongest predictor of developing
high depressive symptoms. These
data highlight the importance
of providing anticipatory guidance
regarding tobacco use to teenagers
and of encouraging smoking cessation
among adolescence who smoke.
Nicotine may affect the central
nervous system, causing the
increased risk of depression.
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Wise man in a storm prays to God,
Not for safety from danger, But
for deliverance from Fear"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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| 6. Recent
Headlines from "JOIN TOGETHER
ONLINE" |
Current
Prevention news from Reputable
Sources
The following are SAMPLE TOPICS
and ARTICLE SUMMARIES.
Web Addresses are given for
Full Articles on JTO Web Site
For many more article summaries
<a href=www.legacyofhope.com/hopeframe.htm>
Go to RESOURCES OF HOPE/Join
Together News</a>
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O P S T O R I E S
McCaffrey Reiterates Call for
Parity Coverage for Addiction
Treatment
<a href=http://www.jointogether.org/jtodirect.jtml?U=19628&O=265580>Call
for Parity Coverage for Addiction</a>
Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, the
outgoing White House director
of National Drug Control Policy,
said the drug problem in America
is a disease that needs to be
treated.
F
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Time Warner Supports Programs
Used as Alternatives to Crime,Violence
<a href=http://www.jointogether.org/jtodirect.jtml?U=19628&O=265605>JTO-Time
Warner Supports Programs Used
as Alternatives to Crime Violence</a>
Time Warner Inc., which recently
merged with America Online,offers
grants in the areas of ducation,
youth, diversity,the arts, community
service, and helping people
in crisis.
Drug Policy Foundation Changing
Giving Focus
<a href=http://www.jointogether.org/jtodirect.jtml?U=19628&O=265641>Drug
Policy Foundation Changing Giving
Focus</a>
The Lindesmith Center/Drug
Policy Foundation is conducting
acomprehensive review, which
could lead to changes it itsfunding
criteria and strategic focus.
Guggenheim Foundation Supports
Ways to Reduce Violence,
Aggression
<a href=http://www.jointogether.org/jtodirect.jtml?U=19628&O=265644>Guggenheim
Foundation Supports Ways to
Reduce Violence</a>
The Harry Frank Guggenheim
Foundation Dissertation Grantsare
aimed at helping nonprofits
reduce violence and conflict.
Do Right Foundation Supports
Crime-Prevention Programs
<a href=http://www.jointogether.org/jtodirect.jtml?U=19628&O=265643>Do
Right Foundation</a>
The Do Right Foundation directs
its funding tolaw-enforcement
programs, as well as efforts
to reduce violent crime.
T
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Smoking Less May Not Improve
Health
<a href=http://www.jointogether.org/jtodirect.jtml?U=19628&O=265566>JTO-Smoking
Less May No Improve Health</a>
A new study looks at whether
cutting back on smoking improves
the health of smokers.
V
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Funds Available for Violence
Research
<a href=http://www.jointogether.org/jtodirect.jtml?U=19628&O=265594>Funds
Available for Violence Research</a>
The CDC will fund research into
interpersonal violence, child
abuse, intimate-partner violence,
suicide and sexual assault.
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"REAL WORLD ROLE MODELS"
OF THE MONTH |
We want
to let the world know about
some AWESOME PEOPLE who have
devoted their careers (and more!)
to the education and well-being
of America’s kids. This
month, we recognize:
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DR.
ELAINE LEADER –
Executive Director
, TEEN LINE |
Cedars-Sinai
Hospital, Center for
the Study of Youth,
Los Angeles, California
An innovator in
teen hotline services
and a devoted child
psychologist. Began
the hotline and
now has trained
hundreds of youth
to man phones day
and night to address
the concerns of
youth from personal
problems to suicide,
drug and alcohol
problems, violence,
abuse, pregnancy,
and more.
This hotline is
available nationwide
- Teen Line 310-855-HOPE/800-TLC-TEEN |
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JOHN
HEIDEL– Chaplan,
Punahou School, Honolulu,
Hawaii |
For
faithful and tireless
devotion to the
emotional and spiritual
Well-being of the
youth at Punahou
and for his innovative
and artful student
chapel programs
for two decades!
Kudos for the exceptional
Character Curriculum
for Grades K-16
and 6-12,Multi-cultural
and deeply spiritual! |
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PRESIDENTS
AND PAST PRESIDENTS
OF STATE COUNSELING
ASSOCIATIONS |
Presidents
and Past presidnts
of State Counselling
Associaions for
their devotion to
their colleagues,
their profession,
and always to the
kids! I hope all
of America salutes
you for your commitment
to mental health
services in our
communities and
schools!
Those I have had
the particular joy
of working with:
Arkansas Counseling
Association –JULIA
RODDY
Florida Counseling
Association -SHELLY
HOLLINGSWORTH
Kansas Counseling
Association -HELEN
L. ANDERSON
Mississippi Counseling
Association - HELEN
HOGGATT PRICE
Nebraska Counseling
Association –
DAVID CARTER
So. Carolina Counseling
Association- LINWOOD
COX FLOYD
So. Dakota Counseling
Association –
DAVE JOHNSON &
KELLY
STERN
Tennessee Counseling
Association –
NITA JONES
Washington Counseling
Association - DR.
DAN WINDISCH
West Virginia Counseling
Association- MICHEAL
FIKE |
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| 8. February’s
Issue-" The Mental Health
of our Children" |
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| 9. RESOURCE
GUIDE AND WEB SITES WORTH VISITING |
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Send comments or questions to Comments@legacyofhope.com
A LEGACY PRODUCTION:
Carmella Lampe * Nitsa Groff * Will
Nagel
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| ABOUT
SUSIE VANDERLIP, CSP
Certified Speaking Professional,
Dancer, Actress, Author,Prevention
Specialist, Professional Life Coach,
and Educator
Contributing Author to 'LEAD NOW or
Step Aside' and 'TEEN POWER TOO'
"I share the dramatically different
and startlingly sincere
LEGACY OF HOPE with teens across the
country to stop their pain...the pain
that pushes them to violence, suicide,drugs,
alcohol, gangs and irresponsible sexuality.
I share with adults who remember
their childhood angst and choose to
mentor others past the limits of their
memories:educators, counselors, nurses,
doctors, crime prevention officers,
legislators, corporate professionals,
parents and friends.
Husband, Dr. Ken Vanderlip, and I
offer the tools that put joy and serenity
back into the task: DE-STRESS FOR
SUCCESS workshops & seminars.
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