PARIS – With all of the video games and TV shows glamorizing drugs, alcohol and violence, the odds are stacked against kids these days, according to Bangor police officer Daniel Frazell.

That’s why Frazell, a former president of the national Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, has made it his mission to educate parents and school staff about “How the Media is ‘Killing’ Our Children.”

He’ll be giving a presentation on that subject at 6 p.m. Monday, May 5, in the Forum at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School.

“This is a must see for parents and anyone working with today’s youth,” said David Verrier, chief of the Paris Police Department, which is sponsoring the event. Verrier said that because the free program will contain strong adult content, no one under the age of 18 will be allowed to attend without written parental consent.

Frazell has been actively involved with the DARE program for 15 years, when he also began serving as the Bangor department’s community relations officer. He’s done more than 175 workshops in Maine for various groups, and has also traveled nationally doing training conferences and DARE officer trainings.

His talk takes a hard look at some of today’s top music, TV programs, and the Internet, and the effects it can have on children.

“This is not a presentation for or about censorship,” Frazell’s flier states. The program lasts around two and a half hours, and is open to the public.

“Drugs, alcohol, violence and kids. You can’t ignore it, But you can raise drug-free children,” Frazell states in a press release. “As parents or other concerned caregivers, you are your children’s greatest resource.”



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