Karen Zeman

Please remember to check in with those you trust and make sure they know that they matter too.

Turn on the local news on any given day and you are likely to hear a story about a young person headed down the wrong track. Teens who commit crimes and abuse alcohol and other drugs are headline news and the public hears enough about it to get the impression that it is the norm. This is not a true snapshot of teens in Anchorage, Alaska, or very possibly anywhere.