Being in the “Know”…. What Parents Need to Know to Keep Their Freshman Safe Presented by Crissy Groenewegen: Prevention Ed

BEING IN THE “KNOW”…. WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW TO KEEP THEIR FRESHMAN SAFE PRESENTED BY DORA CELESTINO: PREVENTION EDUCATOR; CAPE OF DC, INC.

ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND OTHER ILLICIT DRUGS

SOCIAL MEDIA SAFETY

PARENT EDUCATION (BLINDSPOTS)

VAPING PREVENTION AND AWARENESS (CATCH MY BREATH, ASPIRE)

TEEN DRIVING: A FAMILY AFFAIR

TEEN INTERVENE (SCREENING, BRIEF INTERVENTION, AND REFERRAL TO TREATMENT)

And Now??? Increased Anxiety… Increased Stress… Increased Depression… Increased Rates of Suicide…

INCREASE IN NEGATIVE COPING BEHAVIORS

© CAPEDC, INC., 2020 2020 MONITORING THE FUTURE SURVEY….. Despite data collection being prematurely stopped because of the Covid-19 Pandemic, more than 11,800 students in grades 8, 10 and 12 were still surveyed.

Some Disturbing Trends With 8th Graders: INCREASE in drug use (cough medicine, inhalants, amphetamines) among 8th graders

INCREASE in Marijuana use- reported vaping increases from 7.0% in 2019 to 8.1 % in 2020

THE LONG_TERM TREND OF DECREASING ALCOHOL USE LEVELED OFF! (1)

E-Cigarette Prevention and Awareness Education seems to be working as E- Cigarette use has remained low among 8th graders. (2)

E-Cigarettes(3)….. 1: “It’s just water vapor” E-Cigarettes do not contain water, it is in fact, an aerosol. Aerosols contain millions of tiny particles and organic compounds. What you’re actually seeing is a chemical called propylene glycol. This aerosol goes down into the mouth, the upper airway, the back of the throat, the esophagus, and the stomach, as well as into the lungs.

2: “Vaping is safer than smoking” Retailers and corporations have been feeding us this line from day one. They are getting richer off the health and well being of our youth. Although, they may help the chronic adult smoker to lessen their usage of traditional cigarettes, this is not true for youth. Vaping might serve as an introductory product for preteens and teens who then go on to use other nicotine products, including cigarettes, which are known to cause disease and premature death. A study showed that students who had used e-cigarettes by the time they started 9th grade were more likely (7x more likely) than others to start smoking cigarettes and other smokable tobacco products within the next year.

3: “Vaping has no health risks” Vape cigarettes have their own unique potential health risks (popcorn lung, liver damage, retinal damage). There are organs in the body that are immune to the effects of cigarette smoke but can potentially be harmed by e-cigarette aerosol. We now know that the us of e-cigarettes is associated with E-Cigarette or Vaping Associated Lung Injury (EVALI). As of January 2020, 57 deaths and more than 2,600 cases of serious lung illness related to e-cigarettes have been reported. (CDC)

4: “Vaping is the best option for those who want to quit” Vaping is NOT AN APPROVED METHOD FOR SMOKING CESSATION!

5: “E-cigarettes do not expose others to secondhand emissions” The aerosol (vapor) emitted by e-cigarettes and exhaled by users contains carcinogens, such as formaldehyde, according to early studies. Little is known about these emissions or the potential harm they can cause.

© CAPEDC, INC., 2020 But…..There’s always something! The New Trend: Puff Bar, Zaero, Posh, SEA Air and so many more. They are In 2019, Juul monopolized designed for one-time use and then tossed 75% of the e-cigarette market. One (Puff) bar has about 300 puffs and can contain about as much nicotine as According to a 2019 study TWO or THREE PACKS OF published in Tobacco CIGARETTES! Control, 63% of people These flavors are still on between the ages of 15 and the market because of a 24 DID NOT realize that the legal loophole on the flavor ban which only restricts solutions in JUUL pods flavors for closed-system contained nicotine. (4) e-liquid cartridges, like JUUL and its pods, and does not apply to refillable

Get Educated: Be Aware: Talk about it: Know what these Don’t judge, products look like….. Follow Show understanding your and concern…… nose…

Look for Changes in Behavior (such as being secretive or irritable…

Listen for a subtle cough or complaints about stomach aches SOCIAL MEDIA, THE INTERNET, AND THE CONNECTION TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES

With social media increasingly integrated into the lives of today’s teenagers, there are two urgent needs…

Further research on online exposure to substance use…

Clear recommendations to mental health practitioners, adolescents, and parents about the need to assess and monitor teens’ online exposure to substance use.

© CAPEDC, INC., 2020 SOCIAL MEDIA FACTS…. Texting is a common communication tool for American teens. Teen girls age 13-17 typically send and receive 40 texts each day, while boys are half as prolific. Social networking sites offer another popular vehicle for communication. 9 out of 10 teens age 13-17 use social media platforms, and most (71%) use more than one (85%). (5)

Teen girls are more likely to use Snapchat and Among social media platforms, Instagram, while boys tend to use Facebook and YouTube (87%) is followed in Youtube popularity by Instagram (72%), Snapchat (69%) and Twitter (32%) in the 13-17 year-old age group.

It is expected that Snapchat will add 1.2 million 12-17 year-olds by 2022.

Among 13 to 17 year-olds, 16% check their social media constantly

© CAPEDC, INC., 2020 “SEXTING” Sexting" is sending sexually explicit messages or images electronically. Sexting is increasing among youth, and also increases through the teen years. Among youth under age 18, the prevalence of sending an explicit image or message is nearly 15% and the prevalence of receiving one is 27%. (6) Non-consensual sexting is all too common: about 1 in 8 youth forward explicit images or messages without the permission of the original sender. Nearly 1 in 12 youth have a sext forwarded without their Prosecution is more likely if sexting consent. Distributing sexually explicit images of a is related to coercion, bullying, or minor is illegal, and teens have been prosecuted in violence, or if the victim is much some cases. (7) younger than the person distributing the photos. 15% of dating teens have had rumors spread about them online or by phone by current or former partners.

A 2018 meta-analysis found that one in five youth under 18 are exposed to unwanted sexual material online.

On average, 28% of middle and high school students who have participated in studies (conducted by the Cyberbullying Research Center) have been victims, and 16% admit to having been perpetrators at some point in their life. (8)

Traditional school bullying is associated with cyberbullying for both victims and perpetrators.

© CAPEDC, INC., 2020 COVID 19, INCREASED TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL MEDIA USE, AND BULLYING Because of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, people around the world, including kids, are spending 20 percent more time on social media than they were pre-pandemic (9)

70 % of parents estimated that their kids spend at least four hours a day with screens. Before the pandemic, 60 % of parents estimated that their kids spent three hours or less in front of screens. (10)

According to one survey, 21% of parents of kids between the ages of 10 and 18, reported children have been cyberbullied.

56 % of these reports occurred from January to July 2020!

Of all the social networks, kids on YouTube are the most likely to be cyberbullied at 79 %, followed by Snapchat at 69%, TikTok at 64%, and Facebook at 49%. (11)

© CAPEDC, INC., 2020 THE LINK BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA AND DEPRESSION Studies indicate that depression and increased social media use among different platforms can increase the chances of triggering a depressive episode or make a current episode worse.

Multiple social media platform usage is the strongest predictive factor in developing depression, not necessarily the amount of time spent on social media. The number of adverse events contributed to a person’s risk, and even just one instance of cyberbullying was found to trigger depression

Over half of teens felt angry after being cyberbullied, about a third felt hurt, and nearly 15% felt scared

Two-thirds of tween victims of cyberbullying said that it had a negative impact on how they felt about themselves (12)

Negative events like cyberbullying have also been linked to increased rates of teen suicide.

Recent studies show that 75% of teenagers seeing photos on social networks of other teens smoking weed or drinking encourages them to party in the same way.

Teens who have come across these kinds of photos online are 4 times more likely to have used marijuana and more than 3 times more likely to have consumed alcohol.

Social media has also begun to desensitize children at a younger age as well — 90% of these kids saw their peers in these photos online before they were even 16 years old.

A study by the Caron Treatment Centers found that 1 in 10 messages on the internet involved teens seeking advice from their peers on how to take illicit drugs. The messages were posted on common online message boards, forums, and social network sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, You tube, and Twitter

The list to the left is the current Top Ten but new one's pop-up all the time.

There are many valid websites where parents can go to learn more about these sites.

The familyeducation.com website has a comprehensive guide titled; “A Complete Guide to Potentially Dangerous Apps That All Parents Should Be Aware Of.”

There are also many different parent control apps…

Best Overall: Net Nanny

Best for Older Teens: Moment

Best for Location Tracking: Family Time

Best for Younger Children: Qustodio

Best for Overall Monitoring: Bark

1. Slide 4: Monitoring the Future 2020; 8th Grade Substance Use Trends; https://www.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/NIDA_2020_TeenMTFInfographic_FullGraphic.pdf

2. Slide 5: MTF 2020; E-Cigarette Use Trends Among 8th Graders; https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug- topics/related-topics/trends-statistics/infographics/monitoring-future-2020-survey-results

3. Slide 6: Misconceptions about E-Cigarettes Fact 1: Dr. Frank T. Leone; Physician and Director of Comprehensive Smoking Treatment Programs at Penn Medicine Fact 2: Leventhal AM, Strong DR, Kirkpatrick MG, et al. Association of electronic cigarette use with initiation of combustible tobacco product smoking in early adolescence. JAMA. 2015;314(7):700-707. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.8950 Fact 3: NIDA. (2020, January 8). Vaping Devices (Electronic Cigarettes). Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/vaping-devices-electronic-cigarettes on 2020, January 28 Fact 5: https://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/smoking-facts/myths-and-facts-about-e-cigs.html

4. Slide 7: Juul Contents; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Safety material data sheet: Benzoic acid. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcsneng/neng0103.html

5. Slide 10: Social Media Statistics and Facts; http://actforyouth.net/adolescence/demographics/internet.cfm

6. Slide 11: “Sexting”; Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2016). Adolescents and pornography: A review of 20 Years of research. The Journal of Sex Research, 53(4-5), 509-531. doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2016.1143441

7. Slide 11: Unwanted Advances through Social Media Stats; Anderson, M., & Jiang, J. (2018, May). Teens, social media & technology. Retrieved September 20, 2018 from the Pew Research Center website pewinternet.org/2018/05/31/teens-social-media-technology-2018/

8. Slide 12: Social Media and Bullying; Cyberbullying Research Center. (2021). Tween Cyberbullying in 2020. i.cartoonnetwork.com/stop-bullying/pdfs/CN_Stop_Bullying_Cyber_Bullying_Report_9.30.20.pdf

9-11. Slide 13: Covid 19 and Social Media; Statista. (2020). Increased time spent on media consumption due to the coronavirus outbreak among internet users worldwide as of March 2020, by country. statista.com/statistics/1106766/media-consumption-growth-coronavirus-worldwide-by-country/

12. Slide 14: Social Media and Depression. National Crime Prevention Council. (2021). Stop Cyberbullying Before it Starts. archive.ncpc.org/resources/files/pdf/bullying/cyberbullying.pdf

13. Slide 17: Best Parental Control Apps of 2021. https://www.verywellfamily.com/best-parental-control- apps-4779963