By Cary Quashen, C.A.S. “Summer time and the living is easy” and “there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues” are musical words that typify the summer season of our lives, especially for teenagers. They either find their lives jam-packed with summer activities like summer school, football practice, band camp, a summer job, or they find themselves bored and ...
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Quashen To Throw Out First Pitch On SCV Dodger Day
One of KHTS’s own will be throwing out the first pitch at Santa Clarita Valley Dodger Night May 14, when the Boys in Blue take on the Arizona Diamondbacks at 4 p.m. in Chavez Ravine. Cary Quashen, the founder and Executive Director of the ACTION Family Counseling Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers who also hosts the Families in ...
Read More »Addiction And The Teen Brain Topic Of Tuesday Night Meeting
Bob Sharits, chemical dependency counselor, will discuss adolescent brain chemistry and addictive behaviors at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25 at a meeting sponsored by Action: a local parent and teen support program. The meeting will be held in the A Building lecture hall at the west end of the campus of Canyon High School, 19300 Nadal Street, Canyon Country. According ...
Read More »Holiday Expectations Create Family Stress
By Cary Quashen: ex·pec·ta·tion (ek’spek-ta’ shen)n.1.a. The act of expecting.b. Eager anticipation.2. The state of being expected.3.a. Something expected: a result that did not live up to expectations.b. expectations Prospects, especially of success or gain. The holiday season is a time when family love, harmony, and togetherness are fostered by songs, advertisements, and the media. While this may be ...
Read More »‘Handprints’ Help Kids Chase Big, Bold Dreams
TV’s Judge Hatchett featured on Families in Action. Television’s Judge Glenda A. Hatchett was a special guest on today’s Families in Action show with Cary Quashen and Stephanie Weiss. Hatchett’s appearance coincided with National Families Week, and she discussed important ways parents can support and empower their children to lead successful lives. Hatchett is the driving force behind ...
Read More »KHTS To Host Judge Hatchett
TV personality to visit Families in Action Television’s Judge Glenda A. Hatchett will be a guest on next week’s Families in Action with Cary Quashen and Stephanie Weiss. The show will air at noon on Monday, November 23. Hatchett is the driving force behind the One Million Dreams Initiative, which aims to inspire parents and children to pursue and ...
Read More »KHTS Host To Visit “The Doctors”
Cary Quashen will share expertise on teen drug abuse. KHTS’ own Cary Quashen will be featured on the health talk show “The Doctors” this Wednesday as an expert on youth drug abuse. The episode will cover current substance abuse issues, including heroin, marijuana, ‘huffing,’ and even new drugs and new trends in drug use. According to Quashen, “substance ...
Read More »ACTION Host Cary Quashen To Guest On The Doctors
[view:node_ad=5] Cary Quashen, a host on “Families in ACTION” on AM-1220 KHTS, is going to be featured once again on The Doctors, a syndicated television show. You can see Cary on this Monday’s show, broadcast locally on KCAL Channel 9 at 11am.
Read More »ACTION Parent Teen Support Group
Being a teenager in Santa Claria today is a lot different then when we were kids. The social and academic pressures are different. Drugs, alcohol, gangs and sex…these are pressures today’s teens face. When these pressures become too great, that is when ACTION Parent & Teen Support Group can help. Santa Clarita families can depend on ACTION to help when ...
Read More »ACTION – Signs Your Child May Be Using Drugs
It is important to keep in mind that if a child shows any of the following symptoms, it does not necessarily mean that he or she is using drugs. The presence of some of these behaviors could be the product of adolescent stress. Others may be symptoms of depression or a host of other problems. Whatever the cause, ...
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