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Youth Eastside Services Lifeline Online
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July 2012
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Motivating Kids To Be Helpful
The key is encouragement
When garbage day rolls around and you have a million other things on your mind, how do you motivate your child to lend a hand and take out the trash? Your request may be met with arguments, just ignored, or done only part way. You may not realize it, but you are in the middle of a power struggle. While your kids appear unwilling, their motivations are probably just different from yours. Understanding your child's interests and assessing his or her motivations can help you recognize which household tasks are best for your child. Click here for more tips and information on an upcoming class for parents on overcoming chore wars and building a more cooperative household.
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Taking Life in a Better Direction
YES client overcomes past for bright future
Jill* first came to YES because she was experiencing some rebound effects from childhood abuse, and grief at the loss of her father. She was also self-medicating with alcohol and drugs. She was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and began counseling at YES.
She joined the Latino HEAT program, a leadership, community service, and cultural empowerment group run by YES at her Bellevue high school. Members of Latino HEAT take action by addressing problems in the community through services projects. The program is run by YES as a means to deter drug and gang involvement among high-risk Hispanic youth. In Latino HEAT, Jill found friends, encouragement and reasons to stay away from drugs and alcohol.
With the help of Latino HEAT and her YES counselors, Jill made the decision to take her life in a better direction than where she was heading. Today, she is an excellent student and has plans to attend college and enter a career in radiology.
Latino HEAT is one of the underfunded programs supported by your donations to the YES Lifeline Fund. These programs are developed to meet needs of youth in a particular area. Your donation today helps make more happy endlings, like Jill's.
*not her real name
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In the News
Important information you want to know
Online pornography leads to riskier teen behaviors: Young people who reported having visited sexually explicit websites were more likely to have higher numbers of sexual partners, engage in a wider diversity of sexual practices, and use alcohol or drugs in association with sexual encounters, according to a recently released study.
Social Networking may be forcing teens to grow up early: Teens feel pressure to "grow up" and reveal intimate details through social networking, according to just released McAfee survey.
Early substance use linked to lower academic achievement: Those who begin drinking or using drugs as young teens, or who become dependent on alcohol, nicotine or marijuana, are less likely to finish college than those who don't use alcohol or drugs until later in life, according to a newly released study.
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Serving with Liberty
Safeco/Liberty Mutual Employees Fill Camp Kits for Kids
YES salutes Safeco volunteers from Seattle who came to help assemble summer camp kits for needy youth participating in the YES Explorers Therapeutic Summer Camp Program. The camp enables kids, who receive school-based counseling, to continue receiving treatment in summer and have a fun camp experience.
The Safeco volunteers were working as part of Serve with Liberty. "Liberty Mutual, our parent company, turns 100 this summer," shared Eric Olsson, volunteer lead for the Safeco team. "One of the ways we're celebrating is with volunteer service days, partnering with nonprofits in our community."
If you have a group who would like to work with YES on a service project,
please email us.
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Summer vacation is a time for fun and relaxation, but it can also be a dangerous time for kids, especially teens and tweens. Summer means more freedom and many homes with little or no supervision. This can create situations ripe for drug and alcohol experimentation.
During the summer months, car accidents also spike for teens and many involve intoxication. In addition kids are at risk for accidents as they skateboard, bike, swim and play. Click here for some tips to help you keep your kids safe this summer.
Sincerely,
Patti Skelton-McGougan
Executive Director
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