More information about Operation Parent and their free resources for parents and guardians can be found at https://operationparent.org/resource-manager/
As the daughter of a disabled Vietnam veteran, Heather French Henry has experienced the pain and suffering that can come with military service. Throughout her life she followed her father into the halls of VA hospitals for treatments, experienced his night terrors and stood by his side in his miraculous journey “home” from the terrors of war.
After winning the title of Miss America 2000 she traveled over 300,000 miles across the United States on a national speaking tour entitled “Our Forgotten Heroes: Honoring Our Nations Homeless Veterans.” Throughout her year she not only visited veterans facilities meeting and talking with veterans but her platform often took her to our nation’s capital to lobby members of Congress and Senate on veterans issues and legislation.
During her tour veteran’s healthcare issues became another serious focus and a second campaign began entitled “Fighting the Silent Enemy: Hepatitis C.” Touring the country with Hepatitis C advocates screenings were held and hundreds of veterans were screened and made aware of the dangers of Hepatitis C.
Dr. Patricia Purcell shares information and talking points about vaping and e-cigarette use by teens that parents and guardians can reference. She is clear and uses language that we can call understand. The webinar below is an hour long but well worth a listen for any parent, guardian, grandparent or caregiver of youth.
More information about Operation Parent and their free resources for parents and guardians can be found at https://operationparent.org/resource-manager/
This free webinar from Operation Parent will be held on Monday June 15th from 2:00pm-3:00pm.
Since Operation Parent’s webinar on alcohol in March, communities across the country have seen instore and online sales of alcohol skyrocket, and some parents relaxing abstinence rules at home to placate and bond with teens.
Additionally, easing of social distancing orders in many parts of the country are coinciding with the start of summer, which is already a time of risk for alcohol abuse and drinking and driving with teens. Cooped up teens might be looking forward to blowing off steam…in unhealthy ways.
Presenters are Christine Storm and Kate Appleman of Caron Treatment Center. The Caron Treatment Center is an inpatient treatment facility with location in Florida and Pennsylvania. They have been providing innovative, specialized addiction & behavioral health treatment for over 60 years.
More information about Operation Parent and their free resources for parents and guardians can be found at https://operationparent.org/resource-manager/
Operation Parent started when parents, who needed help and couldn’t find one central source for trustworthy, practical information on tough day-to-day parenting issues. From that, their organization was born.
The world our kids are growing up in is different than the one we grew up in. It changes constantly. We keep up with those changes and share the information parents need to know to keep their children healthy and safe. Parents that connect with us learn to:
Raise their awareness and confidence
Initiate meaningful conversations with their child(ren)
Set age appropriate boundaries
Recognize early warning signs
Prevent addiction, bullying, suicide, violence and more
They are parents and they have encountered many of these issues on our parenting journey. They’re passionate about family and want to do all they can to help parents stay connected to their children during the challenging teen and preteen years.
Prevention is a process…not a one-time event. Prevention happens when parents are educated and supported along their parenting journey. Operation Parent wants to walk alongside parents throughout their journey and find the best time to connect is in elementary school and stay connected through middle and high school.
