Our Platform for Outlining Colorado’s Future

Please help me give good parental advice! I'm trying to outline various topics using a formal process to identify reasons to agree/disagree and published documents that agree/disagree in a method that automates cost/benefit analysis and conflict resolution between those who agree and disagree with each belief. Please leave your comments to help me outline this issue. Thesis: It’s important to gather good parental advice Reasons to agree : Dangers of addiction and substance abuse. Evidence: Documented correlation between early intervention and reduced addiction rates Key Example: Impact of alcohol abuse on academic and career trajectories Supporting Research: Studies showing the effectiveness of parent-child communication about substance risks Risk of life-altering relationships and economic pitfalls. Evidence: Statistical data on teen pregnancy and poverty correlation Source: "The Lives of ...

Reasons to agree Your job, as a parent, isn't to let children learn from their own mistakes, but to protect them while they are young from setting bad habits, and to try to get them to learn from other people's mistakes. Children might not be aware they are in danger. Children are stupid adults. Children are children. You can destroy your life, if you get trapped in drugs, alcohol, or unhealthy sexual relationships. People who are intimidated will defer, and you should not defer to children on important things. Reasons to agree You can't control your children. Children are going to eventually make up their own minds and so you should let them learn from their own mistakes. Score : # of reasons to agree: 5 # of reasons to disagree: -0 # of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: 0 # of reasons to disagree with reasons to agree: 0 Total Idea Score: 5 Don't like the score? It is easy to change the score. Just post a reason to agree or disagree with the overall idea, o...

Reasons to agree Too many youth try alcohol for the first time at a sleepover. Too many youth try tobacco for the first time at a sleepover. Too many youth have their first exposure to pornography at a sleepover. Peer pressure becomes more powerful when our children are away from our influence. Our defenses are weakened late at night. Score : # of reasons to agree: 5 # of reasons to disagree: -0 # of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: 0 # of reasons to disagree with reasons to agree: 0 Total Idea Score: 5 Don't like the score? It is easy to change the score. Just post a reason to agree or disagree with the overall idea, or any of the reasons and the score will change.

Reasons to agree Parenting is rewarding if you do a good job. Children need a good relationship with their parent. Families that play together stay together. If you don't make it a goal to do every week, it will not get done. If you have time to watch TV you have time to spend with your family. Score : # of reasons to agree: 5 # of reasons to disagree: -0 # of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: 0 # of reasons to disagree with reasons to agree: 0 Total Idea Score: 5 Don't like the score? It is easy to change the score. Just post a reason to agree or disagree with the overall idea, or any of the reasons and the score will change.