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Statistics today for YOUTH RELATED homicide, aggravated assault, attacks on police officers, rape, robbery, carjacking, shootings and other crimes are STAGGERING! One in 3 students drops out of school in Los Angeles, and 1 in 4 in the U.S.

What does this tell us about our youth?

THEY’RE ANGRY. They’re operating in SURVIVAL mode, and will do WHATEVER IT TAKES to gain power and control over their environment… even if that means robbing, raping, beating or killing someone.

What happened? Why are our youth so prone to violence today? What made them so angry? As a nation, we’ve spent millions of dollars on our youth to get them to “Say No to Drugs” and we have a bigger drug problem than ever before. We’ve spent millions of dollars on gang programs, but the problem still escalates. So far, nothing has really worked, and educators blame parents, parents blame the system, and the kids don’t get the help they need.

At Thrive Consulting Group/Parangello Players, we’re not interested in the blame game.

We believe that it’s simply time to DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

That’s why some of the leading trainers in the world have developed “FREE TO BE ME-A Youth Program” and the pilot programs have yielded phenomenal results.

“FREE TO BE ME-A Youth Program™” is a three phase program over six months that works to have youth open up, helping them to relate to themselves and others differently as a result of the work of their trainer, coaches, and experiential exercises. It’s deep. It makes them aware of what they are thinking and doing, who they are being, and gives them an opportunity to make higher choices in their lives. This program encourages the releasing of residual trauma and promotes forgiveness of self and others. It encourages self empowerment and personal responsibility that propels individuals toward their life’s dreams. If a teenager sees themselves as capable of completing something valuable in the future, they will treat their present circumstances differently.

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“FREE TO BE ME-A Youth Program™” is a service of Parangello Players, a 501©3 non-profit organization created in 1983 for the purpose of building self esteem in youth, and Thrive Consulting Group, a training and consulting firm.