Surviving the teen years is challenging. LSS/ Imagine Thriving has some great programming for teen – and parents! – navigating those years.
In this podcast: Jessica Thomasson joins It Takes 2 to talk about the events.
Learn more about them here:
Survival Guide to the Teen Brain
DATE: March 26, 2019
TIME: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
LOCATION
Holiday Inn Fargo
3803 13th Ave S
Fargo, North Dakota 58103
ABOUT: Moodiness, quick to anger, risk-taking, difficult communication are all common teen behaviors that can cause a lot of stress at home and school. Dr. David Walsh and Erin Walsh will discuss, explain and help parents, caregivers and anyone with young people in their lives, understand how the teen brain works, how to communicate and stay connected with them.
Free and open to the public – no registration required.
Moments of Impact
DATE: March 27, 2019
TIME: 6:30 – 8:30 pm
LOCATION
Holiday Inn Fargo
3803 13th Ave S
Fargo, North Dakota 58103
Free and open to public – no registration.
ABOUT: Taylor Berhow will share his story.
Alcohol began showing up in Taylor’s life around 10th grade at the occasional party. Slowly the occasional turned into frequent parties, which led to Taylor quitting soccer and the swim team, not being able to attend a national marketing competition, and he was soon at risk of not graduating from high school. As Taylor went from job to job, partying remained the constant, along with driving impaired.When Taylor was 21 years old, a tragic event occurred that would make you think he’d change his ways. Taylor decided to go to a friend’s party. As the night came to an end, one of his friends decided they were going to attempt to drive home after drinking. Even though Taylor was intoxicated as well, he knew it was a bad idea. He grabbed his friend’s keys and tried to prevent him from driving; however, his friend obtained the keys to his vehicle and drove off. Taylor got in his own vehicle to drive after him, but hit a curb causing his tire to go flat and off his friend drove down the road. That friend never made it home, as he ended up rolling his vehicle numerous times, was ejected and died.
It would be easy to think that experience would be the wakeup call Taylor needed to make healthier decisions. But, life isn’t always easy. Unable to process his grief, Taylor slipped even further, drinking more and caring less about driving impaired. By now, he had a job that paid well enough to feed his partying habit without any issue.
So, it was no surprise when Taylor and four friends headed out to a bar the weekend before Halloween to check out a costume contest and, mostly, to drink. Around 1 a.m., they left the bar and headed to a house party, literally almost flying down the highway. Not knowing it was Taylor’s vehicle, a woman (who ended up knowing one of Taylor’s passenger’s grandmother) saw how he was driving and thought to herself, “I hope nobody gets hurt.” Not even five minutes later, three of Taylor’s passengers were dead…
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(Amy Iler & JJ Gordon are talk-show hosts at 790 AM KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. “It Takes 2 with Amy & JJ” can be heard weekdays 11am-2pm. Check out the show page on
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