Look Before You Leap.tv

Look Before You Leap is a 3-screen film for teens about risky choices. It covers all of the topics included in the Connecting Points Discussion Guides. Connecting Points uses clips from the film alongside a set of discussion questions that leaders can use in small group settings to communicate to teens about the topic. The discussion guides can be ordered as part of a set:

Set 1:

Drugs and Alcohol

STDs/STIs

Teen Brain Development

Dating Violence

Eating Disorders

Set 2:

Sex and Real Life

Multiple Partners

Marriage

Taking Control

Starting Over

TEENS NEED TO KNOW...

There’s Nothing Sexy About a STD/STI

Most teens have been told they need to practice “safe sex” to avoid the risk of sexually transmitted diseases/infections, but they don’t really risk of sexually transmitted diseases/infections, but they don’t really more. What many teens consider safe “alternatives” to sex still put them at risk for acquiring a STD/STI. And it can permanently affect their future health, fertility and relationships. This video segment and discussion guide from the award-winning “Look Before You Leap” Multimedia Experience is a valuable resource for generating authentic conversation and insightful discoveries about the risks and impacts of STDs/STIs.

TEENS NEED TO KNOW...

Drugs and Alcohol Deliver Empty Promises

Devastating numbers of young people believe that drugs and alcohol provide a harmless, stress-reducing, pain-relieving escape from reality. The tragedy is that for many, abuse, addiction, overdose and death will become the new realities they can’t escape. Whether through drinking, smoking, shooting, snorting, popping, huffing or raiding their parents’ medicine cabinets, young people are jeopardizing their entire lives and futures for a few fleeting moments of pleasure or relief. This video segment and discussion guide from the award-winning “Look Before You Leap” Multimedia Experience is a valuable resource for generating authentic conversation and insightful discoveries about the dangers of drugs and alcohol.

TEENS NEED TO KNOW...

Dating Violence Can Strike at Any Time

While a veil of shame often keeps date rape and abusive relationships hidden in the shadows, their presence is very real—and very dangerous. Drugs, alcohol and other catalysts can ignite outbursts of aggression and manipulation, often resulting in painful physical encounters and long-term emotional trauma. Young people need to understand the serious threats posed by dating violence, how to identify “red flags” and practical ways to protect themselves. This video segment and discussion guide from the award-winning “Look Before You Leap” Multimedia Experience is a valuable resource for generating authentic conversation and insightful discoveries about the dangers of dating violence.

TEENS NEED TO KNOW...

You Are NOT What You Eat!

The media has radically altered our culture’s sense of what’s normal, The media has radically altered our culture’s sense of what’s normal, and other production techniques have established a deceptively alluring standard of beauty that’s impossible to attain. This fantasy/reality clash is taking a tragic toll on young people’s self-image, driving many of them to dangerous eating and exercise behaviors that can be destructive, degrading—even deadly. This video segment and discussion guide from the award-winning “Look Before You Leap” Multimedia Experience is a valuable resource for generating authentic conversation and exposing the hidden dangers of eating disorders.

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Their Brains Are Still Under Construction!

Clearly the judgment of the common teen is lacking at times. New research now reveals why. Even though a teen’s head may be full size, the brain inside continues to evolve through a complex process of pruning and inside continues to evolve through a complex process of pruning and section of the brain doesn’t fully develop until age 25! Until then, the emotional center of the brain is making decisions and judgments. This video segment and discussion guide from the award-winning “Look Before You Leap” Multimedia Experience is a valuable resource for generating You Leap” Multimedia Experience is a valuable resource for generating limitations of the teen brain.