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The Dangers of Summer for Teens From our friends at Newport Academy: Summertime boredom can lead to dangerous teen behavior. Providing teen summer activities can help prevent bored teenagers from making unsafe and unhealthy choices. Parents need to stay engaged, maintain open communication, and protect teens from pitfalls. Everyone loves summer—especially teens. However, summer can be a […]

Proms, graduations and the parties surrounding them can be an exciting time for teens and parents that they usually can remember throughout their lives. But they can also be a time of heartbreak. There are all too often negative consequences, serious injuries, and even deaths.  The good news is that parents and other adults can […]

Since its foundation by Yorktown community members in 2002, the Alliance for Safe Kids has provided resources to children and young adults on mental health, substance abuse prevention, anti-bullying, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Thanks in part to receiving a 10-year federal grant for an annual funding of $125,000 in 2008, ASK grew into a […]

The Alliance for Safe Kids, Inc. (ASK) is hosting a virtual community presentation on May 19th, 7 – 8:30 pm with Jacy Good and Steve Johnson from “Hang Up And Drive”. Jacy Good and Steve Johnson are nationally recognized public speakers and advocates for cell-free roads. Since Jacy’s miraculous recovery from the 2008 crash, caused […]

The Alliance for Safe Kids hosted a virtual community presentation on March 24th with Dr. Mykee Fowlin.   In his one-man presentation, ‘You Don’t Know Me Until You Know Me’, Dr. Fowlin took the audience on an experiential journey, having them reexamine core precepts that were taught to them from as early on as 1st grade. […]