| From the time I enrolled my daughter in
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| | Fatalities - 2000" report, 136 of the
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| elementary school it seemed that the
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| | motor vehicle traffic fatalities (55.2%)
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| world was out to ruin her innocence. Her
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| | were alcohol related. With the help of
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| know-it-all six year old friends with
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| | the community and one another, parents
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| older brothers and sisters shared the
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| | can take a stand against the negative
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| world's reality with her on a daily
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| | persuasion and fight the devastating
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| basis. And I, who was happy living in the
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| | statistics as reported by the NHTSA. By
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| land of talking stuffed animals, was in
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| | following the outline in the After Prom
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| no hurry to debate the concept of Santa
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| | Party Guide, parents can plan and
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| Claus. Unfortunately, that age of
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| | implement an After Prom party to keep
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| innocence doesn't last long enough.
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| | their teenagers off the street after the
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| Whether we like it or not, reality plops
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| | prom. Designed to insure the safety and
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| itself on the sofa in our living room and
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| | well being of high school teenagers,
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| sits there while our children struggle
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| | all-night After Prom parties are a sure
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| through adolescence. About the time that
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| | bet for free food, fun and entertainment.
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| we're able to find some common ground,
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| | Although most parents come to accept the
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| they're talking to us about claiming
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| | fact that their children do make their
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| their independence and graduating from
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| | own choices and they can't blame the
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| high school. If there's one thing I've
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| | first grade friends for every bad
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| discovered in parenting, it's that we can
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| | decision, no parent wants the challenge
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| protect our children from many things
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| | of "what if" questions of themselves.
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| when they're under our roof. Once they're
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| | Prom night is supposed to be a wonderful
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| out of sight however, their own their
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| | time - let's make it our mission to keep
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| own. Of course, this doesn't necessarily
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| | our teenagers safe and off the streets.
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| mean anything bad will happen; unless
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| | That idea was the motivation and the
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| they're with one of those know-it-all
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| | inspiration behind the After Prom Party
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| friends they've known since the first
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| | Guide. [ Submitted with ArticleSubmitter
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| grade. Seriously, peer influence can be a
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| | Pro - Lori Heatherington's experience
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| constant source of challenge, growth, and
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| | with after prom party planning began when
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| heated conversations in homes across
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| | she took it upon herself to coordinate an
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| America. In addition to marketing
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| | after prom party for her daughter's
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| messages that conflict with our parenting
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| | senior class. That event and ensuing
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| goals, our teenagers are heavily
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| | research resulted in her new book, the
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| influenced by their friends. Therefore,
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| | After Prom Party Guide, available at
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| it's imperative that we do what we can to
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| | Lori holds a marketing degree from Dallas
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| guide and protect them. The pressure to
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| | Baptist University in Dallas, Texas. She
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| experiment with alcohol and drugs is a
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| | co-authored her first book with her
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| constant source in the lives of teenagers
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| | husband, "The Complete Small Business
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| and is often the gateway to risky sexual
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| | Internet Guide" (published by Macmillan).
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| encounters. In addition to alcohol, many
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| | Lori currently works full-time for the
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| teenagers resort to tobacco, club drugs,
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| | Humane Society of Northwest Montana as
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| inhalants, steroids, and methamphetamines
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| | Administrative i Heatherington's
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| just to fit in. Why not make it easy for
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| | experience with after prom party planning
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| them to just say no on prom night!
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| | began when she took it upon herself to
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| Because prom night is seen as a "right of
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| | coordinate an after prom party for her
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| passage," anything parents can do to
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| | daughter's senior class. That event and
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| create an alternative to rented hotel
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| | ensuing research resulted in her new
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| rooms and unsupervised parties is a wise
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| | book, the After Prom Party Guide,
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| idea. According to Mothers Against Drunk
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| | available at Lori holds a marketing
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| Driving (see on the weekend of my
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| | degree from Dallas Baptist University in
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| daughter's prom in May 2000, the National
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| | Dallas, Texas. She co-authored her first
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| Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
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| | book with her husband, "The Complete
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| FARS data reported that there were 246
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| | Small Business Internet Guide" (published
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| total traffic fatalities. From the "Prom
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| | by Macmillan).
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