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Question: How important are youth activities with regards to keeping kids out of trouble?

Answer:  All activities involving families and structure are good for helping kids stay out of trouble and also grow in life.  Most areas have boy scouts, youth football, baseball, or any other athletic activity.  The key is to find out what your child wants and then try to accommodate.  Most parents want a child to [...] Read the Rest…

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Question: I am told that teen drug use is on the rise, is that true?

Answer:   A survey by MTF (Monitoring the Future) found Marijuana use, which had been rising among teens for the past two years, continues to rise again this year—a sharp contrast to the considerable decline of the preceding decade.  MTF (Monitoring the Future) conducted an anonymous survey of more than 46,000 8th, 10th and 12th graders [...] Read the Rest…

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More on Parenting

What Teens Do & What Parents Think They Do Are Often Two Different Things Get up to speed with your teen’s world.  Dig in and learn a little more about your teen’s world. Complete one or more of these fun, but insightful, tasks. Pick up your teen’s mp3 player and go to the “Top 25 [...] Read the Rest…

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Reality Check Parenting Program – Open to the Public

Palm Bay, Florida – The Reality Check Parenting Program will be held on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 7pm.  The event is sponsored by and will be held at St. Joseph Catholic School, 5320 Babcock Street NE, Palm Bay, Florida 32905.  The event is open to the public with free admission. Larry Lawton of Lawton911 [...] Read the Rest…

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Grandparents get Reality Check

Cocoa, Florida – For two hours on Tuesday morning, you could hear a pin drop as Larry Lawton spoke to seventeen grandparents about raising teenagers and helping to keep them out of trouble. Larry Lawton and Mary Bolin teamed up to help these grandparents with raising their teenage grandkids with the

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A Must Listen

Did you catch Reality Check Radio this past Saturday, listen anytime on our web site – William Dillon spent twenty-seven and a half years in prison as an innocent man.  Listen Here … Hosted by Larry Lawton, the Reality Check Radio Show is Saturday mornings 10am -11am on 1300AM WMEL – Melbourne, Florida and worldwide [...] Read the Rest…

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Looking for Golf Sponsors

Reality Check Foundation 3rd Annual Golf Outing for kids. This is a fun filled event for kids ages 11 – 18 to play golf with an adult mentor.  Click Here for more info.

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Golf – Mentoring Program Scores Big with Kids

Kids don’t get to play golf all too often and for one day this summer we want to change that.  The Reality Check Foundation presents the Third Annual Reality Check Foundation Golf Outing which will take place Saturday, August 21st, 2010, 11am – 4:30pm at Viera East Golf Club at 2300 Clubhouse Drive, Viera, Florida.  [...] Read the Rest…

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Meeting with Parent

Meeting tomorrow morning 8am with parent of a teen = charged with theft, the teen will have to go to court, and attend the Reality = Check Program, and possible other consequences.

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Meeting with Parent

Meeting tomorrow morning 8am with parent of a teen = charged with theft, the teen will have to go to court, and attend the Reality = Check Program, and possible other consequences.

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