The DARE Foundation of New Zealand and the Police are working in partnership to help young people make responsible decisions about drugs. "Responsible decisions" means not using illegal drugs, and developing a responsible attitude to the use of legal drugs, such as alcohol and medicines. Young people should know about formal laws and social customs which restrict the use of drugs.
Young people are our future. They should be able to reach their potential. Each young person is unique and has special needs. Meeting these needs can be stressful for parents/caregivers, and a challenge. Young people can be exposed to many pressures as they grow up, such as the pressures to use drugs. They need and deserve the support of parents and caregivers to learn to make sensible decisions.
DARE to Support Your Kids will assist you to have a warm and supportive home environment, where problems can be talked through and guidelines negotiated - a great place to start!
"Very informative about the drugs available and what they look like. Enjoyed meeting other parents and hearing their feedback."
"That issues in my family are not unique to us. An insight of the types of pressures kids are exposed to in terms of alcohol and substances. Feel more empowered to actively listen to my children."
Parent Letter of Appreciation:
“Thanks for the great program you taught our group. I actually learnt a lot more than I had anticipated to help my children in life. I have been practising what you gave us to learn and I found it actually does work and my children and my attitudes are actually changing and I feel I am now communicating in the same language as my children.
Prior to the course I felt our lives were at a cross road and I was starting to actually panic as to how to handle the 2 older children as things were not going as smoothly and quite how I would like, to feel in control. I actually came along to the course because I had told the school I would, not because I really thought I would learn something, but I was surprised how in a period of only 8 hours of this whole course, you can learn life tips to make everyday life for myself and my children run smoother.
I don’t expect everything to be smooth from here on out, but in future, I know that there are small courses like this one that can help me along the way and I won’t have such a sceptical attitude to going along to courses like your on,e thinking what am I going to really learn from the course.
It wasn’t a hard course to follow, and I actually got to meet a lot of nice parents from the school who I have been seeing since my son was in Year 1 (he is now in Year 6) and I didn’t even know their names or talked to them, that was nice.”