In its efforts to make sure that traffic safety messages can cross linguistic and cultural barriers, the Governors Highway Safety Association has released “Closing the Circle: A...
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Oct
07
2009
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety are challenging drivers to put down their phones for a week.
Oct
06
2009
When the questions get hot, stay cool
Fifteen-year-old Alexis and her mother are in the car.
"Mom, do condoms work?"
"What?"
"Do condoms work?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Mom, I'm just asking a question. Do condoms work?"
"Well, yes. No. I guess so. Sort of. I don't know. Usually. Work against what? Why are you asking?"
Meanwhile, this is what's going through her mom's mind: "Is she having sex? Is she planning to have sex? Omigod, did she have sex and use a condom, but now she thinks she might be pregnant? Is she playing games with me to see how I'll answer? Trying to shock me? If I give her a simple answer will she think I'm being casual and giving her permission to have sex?"
Sometimes, out of nowhere, seemingly innocently, your teen will ask a question that is so loaded and so fraught with implications that it feels impossible to answer. It's an instant dilemma. The question demands an answer, yet you feel any response you offer will either be insufficient or send the wrong message.
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Sep
22
2009
It's tough not to come to your teen's defence. But you both need to learn that you won't always be there
Alex's mother is at work when she gets the call.
"Mrs. Crestman?"
"Yes?"
"This is Charles Neely, assistant principal at the high school. You are going to have come down to the school and pick up Alex. He has been suspended for the day for fighting with another student."
When she retrieves her teenager, this is the story as described by the school: A teacher on hall duty saw Alex give a hard push to another boy, causing the boy to lose his balance and fall. The other boy said it was unprovoked. Alex would also be suspended for the following day - the automatic penalty for any fighting in school.
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