The Society of the Four Arts

No charge.

Reservations: (561) 659-8513 or campus@fourarts.org. Space is limited.

Book signing to follow. *

Campus on the Lake is pleased to collaborate with The Palm Beach Day Academy for a very special educational outreach program to our community. There is no charge, but reservations are requested.

Nearly every child will be offered drugs or alcohol before graduating high school. The good news is that a child who gets through age twenty-one without smoking, using illegal drugs or abusing alcohol is virtually certain never to do so, and children who learn about drugs from their parents are much likelier to resist these temptations.

As Founder and Chairman of the NationalCenter on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University Joseph A. Califano, Jr. will describe the most effective ways to teach, protect, and empower your children to resist drug and alcohol abuse. Based on nearly two decades of research, How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid: The Straight Dope for Parents offers advice and information on how to prepare children for their crucial decision-making moments and on many of the most daunting parenting topics, including:

•           When and how to talk to children about drugs and  alcohol                                                                                     

•           How to know when your child is most at risk                      

•           How to prepare your teen to handle the freedoms and  perils of college

Following graduation from Harvard Law School Califano served as a lawyer in the Navy, which he subsequently left to join a Wall Street law firm. He joined the Kennedy Administration and held various United States government positions and served from 1977 to 1979 as U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, where he launched the nation's anti-smoking campaign. He is the author of High Society: How Substance Abuse Ravages America and What to Do About It, 2008, and his political biography, Inside: A Public and Private Life, 2004. Joseph A. Califano, Jr. is the father of five and grandfather of eight.

*How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid: The Straight Dope for Parents will be available at Classic Bookshop, (310 South County Road, (561) 655-2485), prior to this event.