Safe Road Home Stop Your Teen From Drinking & Driving

by Goodman, Karen; Simon, Kirk

• ISBN13: 9781402732782
• ISBN10: 1402732783
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-03
• Publisher: Sterling

Summary

Drinking and driving tragedies aren't accidentsthey can be prevented. Read this book, watch the film, and start talking with your teen now. On a typical weekend in America, one teenager dies in a car crash every hour. Almost half of the crashes involve alcohol. This book, and the accompanying DVD of the Parents' Choice awardwinning HBO documentary Smashed: Toxic Tales of Teens and Alcohol, aim to help parents talk to their teen about drinking and driving by challenging the "It can't happen to me" myth. Safe Road Home takes a brutally honest look at this subject, featuring detailed advice, new research, and safe-driving tips from leading experts. For parents and teens alike, the book also includes quizzes, solutions to everyday scenarios, a Smashed viewing guide, and true stories about teens who survived alcohol-related crashesand some who did not. Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon are a husband-and-wife documentary filmmaking team. Three-time Academy Award nominees, their films for HBO, PBS, and National Geographic have also won numerous Emmy Awards and have been screened at film festivals worldwide, from Sundance to Berlin. They are both active members of the Writers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Their production entity, the Simon & Goodman Picture Company, is based in New York City, where they live with their two children.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Challenging the Invincible Me	7	(4)
What You Don't Know Can Hurt You: Quizzes on Drinking & Driving for Teens & Parents	11	(14)
Life-Saving Language: Advice from Dr. John Knight about Talking to Teens	25	(14)
Toxic Tales From True Life: The Survivors	39	(16)
Most Tragic Toxic Tales: Lives Lost	55	(10)
The Teen Mind Under the Influence: A Conversation with Dr. Aaron White	65	(8)
Arriving Alive: Avoiding Dangers of Distraction & Other Safe Driving Ideas	73	(14)
What Would You Do If . . .: Rehearsing Strategies to Avert Tragedy	87	(18)
Smashed: Toxic Tales of Teens & Alcohol: About the Documentary	98	(1)
A Viewing Guide	99	(6)
Resources	105	(3)
Index	108	(3)
Acknowledgments/Photo Credits	111	(1)
DVD Contents	112