Hi I'm Cleo. I
play piano and bass and sing background vocals for The LadyBugs. I
live in Bugwood Commons with my two bulldogs, Howard and Robin.
ADDICTIONS
If
you watched our latest episode of our web series, "Meet The LadyBugs!", you were introduced to a troubled spider named Paddy "Long
Legs" O'Shea. Paddy used to have an addiction to drugs and alcohol,
which he's kicked since getting out of rehab. However, he still chain
smokes and uses nasal sprays too much.
Addiction is something The
LadyBugs tackle in our song "Daddy, Please Don't Drink and Drive". In
this song, a little girl just wants her Dad to stay home and read her a
book instead of going to the bar to get drunk and making Mommy cry.
She is embarrassed when her father gets drunk on her birthday and falls
down on her birthday cake.
Substance
abuse of parents can hurt kids in a lot of ways. For one thing, if
you have an addiction, it's very hard to be a good parent. Sometimes
kids want to copy their parents and end up with addictions too. A
great movie that deals with kids and drugs is called "Thirteen". A
very talented young actress, Evan Rachel Wood, stars as 13 year old
Tracy who does a lot of dangerous things just to fit in like drinking
and taking drugs... . Another
great movie and book about kids and drugs is called "The Basketball Diaries" and stars the very talented, Leonardo DiCaprio. This story is
the memoir of musician, Jim Carroll, who fell in with a bad bunch of
kids and ended up a heroin addict at the age of 13. If you're afraid
your kid is starting to hang out with the wrong crowd and drinking or
doing drugs, why not sit down with him or her and watch these movies.
They cover pretty rough subject matter, but are an honest depiction of
addiction and kids.
The LadyBugs
are experts in helping parents talk to their kids about difficult
topics. Share your comments and let us know what topics would interest
you.
Until next week,
Cleo
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