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Show What moms and dads don't know can hurt their children BOUNTIFUL-If Mom and Dad will go back to school, they can help head off substance abuse prob lems before they start. This is the message of "Let's All Work Together to Fight Drugs," a new seminar being ottered by the Davis County Sheriff's Department. Depart-ment. The two-hour seminar, sponsored by the Bountiful Jaycees, will be offered free of charge to all interested inter-ested parents and religious leaders on Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Bountiful Community Church. Claudia Teinert, community development de-velopment director for the Bountiful Boun-tiful Jaycees, said she is excited about the seminar. "I am an alcoholic and I've helped dozens of kids get into the 12-step program. In my years of involvement, I've seen more denial in Bountiful parents than anywhere else," she said. "Parents say.'It's not my kid. He was just with the wrong crowd Davis County Sheriffs Chief Detective, De-tective, K.D. Simpson agreed. "Kids will admit they have a problem. prob-lem. It's the parents who create the biggest scene," he said. Simpson said the goal of the seminar sem-inar is to educate parents. "The free handbook is the best resource I have seen in my years in law enforcement," enforce-ment," he said. The 32-page handbook discusses alcohol, -cocaine, crack, marijuana, suicide and Satanism, to name a few topics. Each topic is defined and discussed. Parents are given instructions on how to recognize signs of abuse and are taught skills to deal with the problem of helping their child recover. The seminar begins with an overview of the drug problem in Davis County given by Sheriff Harry V. Jones. This is followed by speakers discussing drug identification, identifi-cation, the metro narcotics strike force, gang-related activity, law enforcement en-forcement strategy and child abuse in Davis County. "There will also be experts attending at-tending to answer questions for parents who need immediate help," said Simpson. |