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If you live where there are tornadoes, make sure your safe room is prepared and ready.
Where To Get Help If You’ve Been Sexually Assaulted
Sexual violence is a serious public health problem in the United States where 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men report that they have been raped or experienced an attempted rape. These figures don’t reflect victims of other types of sexual violence, or the many victims who are afraid to report such crimes.
If you have been or are currently being victimized, please seek help. You can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673; visit the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN); or find resources in your state.
You can learn more about recovering from and preventing sexual assault with these resources:
If you know someone who is being victimized, share these resources with them.
How to Talk to Your Kids About Alcohol
April is Alcohol Awareness Month – the perfect time for you to open a dialogue with your children about underage drinking. The Century Council’s Ask Listen Learn: Kids and Alcohol Don’t Mix program provides youth ages 9-14 and their parents with information about the dangers of underage drinking.
Tweens know what’s going on, and they’re more than just a little curious about it. So before they’re presented with the opportunity, it’s critical to give them the information they need to make the right decision. Ask, Listen, Learn: Kids and Alcohol Don’t Mix provides you with information and practical tips on how to talk to adolescents about alcohol.
Help support them by teaching them how to say “Yes” to a healthy lifestyle and “No” to underage drinking. It is important to have these conversations early and often, not just “one big conversation”. Make sure that either as a parent, teacher, or caregiver, you get involved!
Order or download free copies of the Ask, Listen, Learn brochures for parents and kids and find more information and additional resources at www.asklistenlearn.com.
Get resources for preventing, identifying, and reporting child abuse.
