IGANCI1tZEN
Better Living
)Sc
. t it
better if tceaagers did
become prepant or have
dliIdrea til tIIey ha¥c finished
scbool.. We bow dW many
of them, unforbaDately, do
. And it is utdy crucial
to the future . of tbcae.
vow. mOUM:n - yes. aDd tbcae
yo Dg father, - that their
1Cbl00IS treat them fairly, and try.
to help them stay in scbool and
. delay ha· aclditiooal cbiIdrcD
uatil they get the· emDomic
feet.
It isn't just our COIDI:JUlIOIl
d COIDlDOll that didatc
decent trcatmeDt for the p-eg­
!lut and parenting teens in
school It's the . A federal
la , Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972, protects
these den from discrimiDa-
. \
We, a parent and tax­
payers, can make ure our Jocal
school makes grade in ho
it treats young parents. As a first
ep, find out the answers to the
fo owing aucial questions, ex­
cerpted fro a checklist
SO-SAD
or hops on
dealing ith' a
loved one's
dea h
The organization, Save Our
Sons and Daughters (SO-SAD),
will hold six workshops for those
have experienced the death
of a loved one, every Thursday
&om March 23 - April Xl, 7 - 9
p.m. at its office, on 453 Martin
Luther King BlYd.
The 011' wiD be lead
by coun elors: Ann Gagern,
M.S. W., P Trainor, M.A., Sue
eagher, M.A. C.S.W., and
The ReYerend W den Green.
TIloIe interested in attend­
ould caUSO-SAD at (313)
833-3030 to coofirm they are
However, there was no
phYsical reason for his death. In-
. a more I vestigators found the car's
refrigeration system was broken
sue c e s s f u I and the temperature inside the
car never fell below 56 degrees.
you Plus, there was till plenty of air .
Put restrictions on in the car.
,.".,.,. mothers that areo't also J es R. NathaD Authorities concluded that
put OIl tccaa&e fathers? Your mind or more �- man died simply because he as-
- Require a JOU8& mother ly your mental attitude and sumed he was going to die. That
to return to sc::bool after a cer- belief system are your most assumption w . so po erful
lain number of wecb, rather powerful allies in the battle to that �e actually died, not for any
cbeIoped by Margaret Dunkle than aIlowiDg the time her doc- achieve financial success and phYSical reason b� because of
and Maggie Nash of the toe says she needs? greater happiness in life. I the power oftbe mmd :I
Equality Ceater based in - Deny an e.xcuscd bseace Every tiDie JOu fail, trip or But �ow do you �o �out
Washington, D.C. Does your f(X' prenatal care or for medical fall in life, it is i part a result of combatffi.g procrasttn�tlon,
sc::boo� piDcipaI, or staff: care after- the baby is born? negative mental progamming mental fatigue, �r self-unage
- Expel 01' uspead a tu- If you answered "yes- to any . which may be ingrained so and lack of motivation?
dent for beiog pregnant? of these questions, think about deeply in your subconscious There are severa� ways:
Push pregnant students waysto . r wi�others�your that you are t y unaware of - Self-hypnotic ug es- .
into a special das&, program or, community to Improve your it d . These are simply thoughts
school?' school's performance in this or ideas you plant in your mind
- .�xclude boy from arca.Fora�mpletecopyofthe Please take note of the fol- The aim is to combat some
pareotiDg classes? checklist, "Does Your School lowing true story: negative mental attitude such as
- De y prepant or parent- Make the Grade? send a self- . A drifter became trapped proctasticnation. While in a
ing s�de�ts honors, such as addressed stamped envelope to one night in a railroad freezer relaxed state, preferably just
valedictorian, special awrds, the Equality Center, Suite 250, car. Convinced he was going to before going to bed, you tell
certain scholarships, honor roll, 220 Eye Street . N.E., die, he began to scribble mes- yourself (for example) "I will
or participation in graduation? Washiagton, D.C. mn. sages on the wall One of his last take action." The phrase is to be
-. Give a student a poor . sentences read, "It's cold in repeated several times over a
recommendation (or refuse to Marian Wright Edelman is here, I'm freezing to death." ten minute period
give a recommendation) for a President of the Children's And the next morning when'the - Po itive ffirm lions.
schoolarship, a job, or con- Defense Fund, a national'VO·ce .car as opened the man was These statements are used
tinued schooling because of for children. found dead. during the day to combat every
pregnancy or parenthood? negative, self-defeating though
that enters your mind. Of
course, this requires that you be
in tuned with your feelings.
- Adopt m ntr . A
mantra is your personal action
word. It is a word you will be
ble to say to yourself that will
spur you to do something when­
ever self-doubt and procrastina­
tion set-in. It will take a' few
weeks to actually adopt such an
action word. And specific
methods must be used.
If one truly wants to conquer
subconscious, negative beliefs
and attitudes, you must read
more about the above topics
and others addressing the area
of mental programming. Armed
with the right information and a
little discipline virtually anyone
can program his or her mind for
greater happiness, motivation
and success.
Toward
- Cousel any girl who •
prepant 0 a mother - or ,any
boY Who is a father - DOt to go
to co� or get further train­
iDg?
ill drug· educat on
, UIL_I> I n pie' that get legitimate pre criptioa
Dr. w. .. '''rIla caD JOG te peo. &om their physicuas. Thea they
PreaideDt B receatly wd will. mate them atop and purchue druSS legany from
be plus to cIe¥ote much of selIiDg drup? CaD)'OIl tell them their �cistI that do the
drug eradicatioo effort to that drup are eM Whether same thiaF for them illicit
education. MaDy otber con- drup are b d depends upon drupdoforthepenoowbogea
. � about the oega- bow you the word bad. � his drup OD the Itreetllll't this
1M effects of • drup.1 have' molt �f the . dealers, selling the pel, old Ameriam y of
dcJMred nUJDrZOUS lectures on drup � very good. They make a c:Jea1ins with ?
this· myself. But effec- � of mooey, tbcy buy � A persoo 0 is going to
... . ail of this expert advice? � cars, and � get -:es�m break a law will probably do it
I' recently spoke to a high their �mmllnltJes, 1m t. th!s the no matter how many people tell
school tudent who had sat A�ncaD drea . Th an him Dot to do so. A person
through several lectures o� the avail y for a poor, poorly- is going to use drugs (licit r il-
. daagers of drup.I asked him to edu� � to get some of licit) is goiag to use them in pite
tell me what impact those lee- t!tose mce .. that are adver - of the nice people 0 teU him
ture had had on him. His tised on te . not to. ost lecture on the
response, in part, was "I listened .For the user, drugs provide a dangers of dr g u ge are
to those nice, professional quick, CODveD1eIl escape .from probably just like mo t laws.
people talk. Then, I nt out many proble . u�appmess They are essentially for law­
and bought me some rocks. .. and penooal, IIIsealuty. Drugs abiding c.itiuns who wouldn't
&0 another student who also get n� of one stress fast. Many do the wrong thing with or
weill to one oftbe lectures." IAmerIcans, wbo are not poor, without a lecture.
Predictioo: While hours and
dollars are deYoted to lectures
and literature, the number of
people who illicit drugs will
keep growiDg_ .
Such lectures wiD prob Iy
not be rth the DOte cards that
they are written OD. Will people
op using drugs if yo teD them
about the danger of drugs?
probably not. It hasn't topped
. so far. A person who· in
physical pain, emotional dis­
tre or under the burden of
personal problems will take the
drugs rust, then worry about the
negative side-effects after
hWher perso I problems dis­
appear.
Wh t is the best way of
reducing the vast amounts of il­
licit drugs that are consumed?
I'U teU you in my next column.
