I knew it! DARE a bust

Musikbox · 02-21-2001, 03:14 PM

My daughter went through DARE in 5th grade and her and her
classmates truly believed what they were taught...of course in 5th grade most kids will and want to believe almost anything they are taught. This is especially true if it makes them look good in their parent's, teacher's and Mr. Policeman's vision.

We are now experiencing 7th grade and my daughter and her classmates want to do exactly the opposite of what parents, teachers etc... ask them to do. DARE or some equivalent should have a follow up every year. Just a review by teachers would work just to keep it in the forefront of their young minds.

The message shouldn't just come from DARE, it is the responsibilty of the parents to really enforce the "just say no" theory. Kids receive maybe 4 to 5 months of DARE instruction at 10 years of age and people expect that to be a cure all from Drugs?!?!?!? Hello!! I talk to my daughter regularly about drugs and we role play. They have to know it's okay to "just say no" and how to say it in many different situations. Let's not put all the blame on a program, what are we as adults doing to influence the children in our lives?

02-21-2001, 03:14 PM	#4
Musikbox Kinda New Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1	My daughter went through DARE in 5th grade and her and her classmates truly believed what they were taught...of course in 5th grade most kids will and want to believe almost anything they are taught. This is especially true if it makes them look good in their parent's, teacher's and Mr. Policeman's vision. We are now experiencing 7th grade and my daughter and her classmates want to do exactly the opposite of what parents, teachers etc... ask them to do. DARE or some equivalent should have a follow up every year. Just a review by teachers would work just to keep it in the forefront of their young minds. The message shouldn't just come from DARE, it is the responsibilty of the parents to really enforce the "just say no" theory. Kids receive maybe 4 to 5 months of DARE instruction at 10 years of age and people expect that to be a cure all from Drugs?!?!?!? Hello!! I talk to my daughter regularly about drugs and we role play. They have to know it's okay to "just say no" and how to say it in many different situations. Let's not put all the blame on a program, what are we as adults doing to influence the children in our lives?

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