D.A.R.E.

As a child i was introduced to Drug Abuse Resistance Education, aka D.A.R.E. This is a program that is introduced in schools to put awareness into the eyes of children of drugs and the results of abusing them. Dare has helped million of kids choice alternate paths to drug use. But some people feel that this program does not help children at all and may even promote drug use because they are introducing abusive substances that their parents may not want their child to be introduced too. Some of the benefits of Dare have been, better connections with the local police officers. Because of Dare kids can now develop personal relationships with officers who can lead children into making the right decisions. Also most Dare programs our started around a safe age of eleven where children are just starting to mature and see the world for what it really is. Some of the negatives that Dare has our, that the program does not provide you with answers to what could be real life situations. Also some police officers may not have proper teaching methods to apply with children. In urban communities some police officers are not as respected as others and it may be harder for them to get the message across. I personally feel that although Dare may not connect with every child the message of not doing drugs definitely gets across, and since it does make children aware of the effects of drugs i feel that Dare is an efficient program. Do you feel that Dare is delivering a safe and good message to children, our do you feel, most children just ignore this message. When talking about the Department of health and human services, this relates to our class and this topic.

This image is the most commonly associated with the D.A.R.E. program.

This picture shows how applying the D.A.R.E. system can promote healthy relationships with police officers.



This video shows a commercial using scare tactics to help kids avoid drugs.

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Killer Kids!!!!!

Have you ever seen a child try some fighting moves they saw on a video game? Well although they may look cool and may be what all the other kids are doing, did you ever think that they may be creating a bad environment. Playing violent video games is a big issue in the world right now and needs to be addressed as i will do in this blog right now. In the 2008 study of Grand Theft Childhood there was a reported 60% of kids who play at least one violent video game hit or beat up somebody. Compared to 39% of kids who do not play violent video games. Violent video games also send mixed messages by showing that there can be rewards for beating someone up on a video game. This could result in kids developing an aggressive attitude. But some studies show that playing these violent video games can serve as an outlet for aggressive kids to get there anger out. Do we really want the kids of the future developing aggressive behaviors and passing it down unto their families in the future. I feel that as a teenager myself i like playing violent video games as well but i have enough common sense to not make destructive decisions. Do you feel that the video games that we play in our generation contributes to how we act in our social environments. This issue compares to our class. An example of this would be the department of health and human services.

This picture shows how even some video games can teach children how to use guns.

This picture shows the violent character which is displayed in the games.



This video shows the perspectives on video game violence and how it affects society.

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