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Did You Ever?
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Host Jodie Sweetin is joined by Amy McCarthy, Director of Social Work for the Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction Program (ASAP) at Boston Children's Hospital; Bob Sabouni Executive Producer of Awkward Conversations and actor and directorJake Busey. Someday your child will ask you if you used drugs. What will you say when that question comes your way? Does genetics play a part in the predisposition to drug abuse? Today our panel discusses these questions and more on Awkward Conversations. Don’t miss this episode.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- [00:00] Season One clip of conversation between parents deciding how much to tell their children about their drug experimentation.
- [02:21] Clinical findings on the effect a parent’s past drug use has on a child
- [03:33] Programs designed for the family or friend of an abuser and accepting the fact that addiction is a medical condition
- [10:12] The struggle of what to say to your child
- [16:26] Being honest with your child without laying out details
- [19:45] Bottom line advice
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- The drugs available today are far different than those 15 or 20 years ago. They were terrible for you and detrimental to your health. Today the drugs on the streets can kill you.
- Parents don’t have all the answers. It is ok to tell your child that you will research their question when you don’t know the answer. Then do the research and understand why drug use is detrimental so you can give your child reasons.
- One pill can kill! It doesn’t matter whether a parent did or didn’t do drugs. The pills today can kill. A child can make better choices when he has truthful information.
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Resources:
Growing Up Drug-Free: A Parent's Guide to Substance Use Prevention
Never Thought I’d Say This Podcast with Jodie Sweetin
Team Upstandards with Trevor Donovan
Elks Drug Awareness Program Website
Watch Awkward Conversations Season 1 the series:
Awkward Breakfast Conversations - Ep. 1
Awkward Lunch Conversations - Ep. 2
Awkward Dinner Conversations - Ep. 3
Bios:
Jodie Sweetin is an American actress and television personality known for her role as Stephanie Tanner in the ABC comedy series Full House and its Netflix sequel series Fuller House. Jodie is joined by Content Expert Amy McCarthy, a Senior Clinical Social Worker at Boston Children's Hospital.
Amy McCarthy, LICSW, is the Director of Social Work for the Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction Program (ASAP) at Boston Children's Hospital, where she provides direct clinical and programmatic support. Additionally, Amy has extensive experience working in community-based settings providing care to young people with complex mental health needs and their families. As the former director of the Boston-Suffolk County Family Resource Center, she worked with an abundance of community partners to ensure residents had access to vital resources to meet basic needs and beyond. Amy received her Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work (BSW) from Siena College and earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW) from Wheelock College
Jake Busey spent his childhood in sunny southern California, as well as a plethora of film sets around the country. His childhood was similar to a "military brat", a series of strung-together extended-stay location shoots, alternating with tours on the road with his father's various bands and associates. In a world of gypsies & artists, spending many years on tour buses and side-stage-studying such acts as Willie Nelson, Leon Russell, Little Feat, the Band, and Fleetwood Mac, Jake found his passion for music and performing live.
Busey entered the industry at the age of 5 in his first motion picture, Dustin Hoffman's opus, "Straight Time" (1977), playing Son to his father and Cathy Bates. After finishing high school at Crossroads School and college in Santa Barbara, Jake returned to L.A to study the craft of acting for film seriously. He started auditioning at 20yrs old and booked his first role in a PBS film, "Shimmer," shot on location in Iowa. Slowly but surely, bit parts playing supporting characters in independent films would follow. After a few years of hard work and little returns, He was Cast as the villain in Showtimes "rebel highway series" Motorcycle Gang by Director John Milius. The film was part of an eight-film series and drew great attention amongst the "up and coming actor" buzz of Hollywood. He made his true debut on the big screen in 1994 alongside Stephen Dorff and Reese Witherspoon in the grind house grunge film "SFW," but that Buzz caught the eye of Robert Zemekis & Peter Jackson, which led jake to star opposite Michael J. Fox in the Frighteners. .soon after wrapping, big changes came from a 3-page monologue about religion vs. science when he landed "Contact" with Jodi Foster and Matthew McConnaghey. Then "Enemy of the State", then Vince Gilligan scribed "Home Fries," and most memorably as the smart-mouthed Private Ace Levy in the Sci-Fi cult classic "Starship Troopers." Jake was a force to be reckoned with in the late 1990s A-list film market. Then in the early 21st century, after the great success of "Identity," Jake took some risks with projects, and leaps of faith, stepping up into starring roles in such studio disasters as "Tomcats" and "the First 20 Million is always the hardest", Films hyped to glory among the Hollywood machine, which failed miserably, and left him needing to reassess his position. It was time for a break. Some time away was needed.
After a few-year hiatus from acting as he pursued directing films, "road-tripping" the country, and playing in his band around Hollywood, he was ready for his come-back. Jake blasted onscreen as a pyrotechnic specialist in the final season of FX's hit series "Justified", leaving many an audience member aghast, having thought he was a solid new addition to the show...alas, just a masterfully crafted cameo, blowing up in 30 seconds. When Robert Rodriguez cast him as the new Sex Machine for all three seasons of "From Dusk Till Dawn, Things started heating up again. In The History Channel mini-series "Texas Rising," Busey plays Samuel Wallace, the man credited with reciting the legendary warning, "Remember the Alamo!" directed by Roland Joffe.
His recent projects include "Mr. Robot", and Stranger Things", Showtime's "Ray Donovan," CBS television's "NCIS" Episode 346(1516), ABC's "Marvels agents of S.H.E.I.L.D.., Episode 513 & 519, and in the summer of 2018, he made his return to the summer tent-pole event scene with 20th Century Fox's "the_Predator".
A bit of a modern-day Renaissance man, Jake's passions in life includes fatherhood, acting, desert racing, architecture, playing music, flying planes when necessary, and fabricating anything mechanical in his metal shop.
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