Media Coverage
Because I Love You in the news
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May 2023
- "Dear Annie" by Marcy Sugar and Kathy Mitchell, Creators, May 3, 2023. (creators.com) Download the PDF article here.
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April 2023
- "My Son Won't Speak To Me As I Didn't Attend His Wedding—What Should I Do?" by Alyce Collins, Newsweek, April 7, 2023. (newsweek.com) Download the PDF article here.
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March 2023
- "Family & Parenting: Woman Proving a Point by Blocking Parents When They Asked for Money Cheered" by Alyce Collins, Newsweek, March 23, 2023. (newsweek.com) Download the PDF article here.
- "Family & Parenting: 'I Felt Sick': Man Praised for Admitting How He Treated Teen Stepson" by Alyce Collins, Newsweek, March 7, 2023. (newsweek.com) Download the PDF article here.
- "Family & Parenting: Woman Forcing Pregnant Sister to Clean Up After Her Son in New Home Praised" by Leonie Helm, Newsweek, March 6, 2023. (newsweek.com) Download the PDF article here.
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February 2023
- "Family & Parenting: Parent Refusing to Let Kid on School Trip Causing It to Be Canceled Backed" by Lucy Notarantonio, Newsweek, February 8, 2023. (newsweek.com) Download the PDF article here.
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July 2022
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"KNX-AM 1070 Warning from Because I Love You Founder Dennis Poncher to test your kids for drugs as at least 50% test positive even when parents are sure they don't use" by KNX-AM 1070 Radio, 2 PM, June 11, 2022. (audacy.com/knxnews)
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"KNX-AM 1070 Warning from Because I Love You Founder Dennis Poncher on possible indicators of drug use in your kids" by KNX-AM 1070 Radio, 5 PM, June 11, 2022. (audacy.com/knxnews)
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"KNX-AM 1070 Warning from Because I Love You Founder Dennis Poncher that inability to focus during a conversation is a possible indication of drug use" by KNX-AM 1070 Radio, 1 PM, June 11, 2022. (audacy.com/knxnews)
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"KNX-AM 1070 Warning from Because I Love You Founder Dennis Poncher that lack of energy, motivation, and uncontrollable laughter is another possible indicator of drug use in your kids" by KNX-AM 1070 Radio, 3 PM, June 11, 2022. (audacy.com/knxnews)
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"KNX-AM 1070 Warning from Because I Love You Founder Dennis Poncher that a constant need for money is another possible indicator of drug use in your kids" by KNX-AM 1070 Radio, 5 AM, June 12, 2022. (audacy.com/knxnews)
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June 2020
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Support Group Connects Parents Raising Troubled Youth
Support Group Connects Parents Raising Troubled Youth" by Kim Baldonado, NBC News, June 16, 2020. (nbclosangeles.com)
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October 2019
- "Survey Finds 30 Percent of LA County Teens Tried E-Cigs" by Zarina Khairzada, Spectrum News 1, October 9, 2019. (spectrumnews1.com) Download the PDF article here.
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January 2019
- "Guiding Teens and Their Parents Through Tough Times" by Erin Ben-Moche, Jewish Journal, January 9, 2019. (jewishjournal.com) Download the PDF article here.
- "The 2019 Mensch List" by Jewish Journal, January 9, 2019. It includes a short bio on Dennis Poncher. (jewishjournal.com) Download the PDF article here.
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February 2018
- "Way Out Recovery Hour" Dennis Poncher's Interview on the Way Out Recovery Hour on KHTS - Santa Clarita AM 1220/FM 98.1. (hometownstation.com/hts-podcasts/the-way-out-recovery-hour)
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November 2017
- "'Because I Love You': Support Group Connects Parents Raising Troubled Youth" by Kim Baldonado, NBC News, November 26, 2017. (nbclosangeles.com) Download the PDF article here.
- "'Because I Love You': Support Group Connects Parents Raising Troubled Youth" by Kim Baldonado, NBC News, November 27, 2017. (nbcsandiego.com) Download the PDF article here.
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October 2017
- "Parents are Reaching for Teachable Moments on Sexual Harassment" by Leanne Italie, The Associated Press, October 30, 2017. (PDF Article from The Seattle Times.com)
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"Jody Waxman's Interview on McIntyre in the Morning on KABC-AM 790," by KABC-AM 790 Radio - McIntyre In The Morning, 8 AM, October 27, 2017. (mcintyreinthemorning.com)
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- "Smackheads in Suburbia: On the Frontline of America's Drugs Epidemic Where Teens Buy Heroin During Lunchbreak" by Steve Robson, Mirror, September 29 2017.. (mirror.co.uk/news/world-news) Download the PDF article here.
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June 2017
- "50 Tiny (but Powerful!) Ways You Can Encourage Your Kids Every Day" by Charlotte Hilton Andersen, Reader's Digest. (rd.com) August 3, 2019. (PDF Article from Reader's Digest at rd.com)
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February 2017
- "LA's heroin problem is hitting millennials hard" by Austin Cross and A. Martínez | Take Two, February, 07 2017. (scpr.org/programs/take-two/) Download the PDF article here.
- "Heroin use fuels surge of ER visits among California millennials" by Susan Abram, Los Angeles Daily News, February 4, 2017. (dailynews.com) Download the PDF article here.
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February 2016
- "Walgreens Offers Overdose-Reversing Drug, But Some Aren’t Sure It’s A Good Idea", CBS Local News, Los Angeles, February 19, 2016. (losangeles.cbslocal.com) Download the PDF article here.
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November 2015
- "'Professional Parents' in Free Support Group Offer Aid to Troubled Families" by Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, November 2, 2015. (latimes.com) Download the PDF article here.
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July 2015
- "Because I Love You (B.I.L.Y.) Helps Families in Crisis" by Elex Michaelson, ABC 7 Eyewitness News, July 2, 2015. (abc7.com) Download the PDF article here.
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April 2015
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The Dear Annie column received a letter from a mother who was asking for guidance with her adult son. The response letter told the mother that Because I Love You was a place for her to find a parent support group. The letter was published in the Dear Annie column in newspapers throughout the United States under various titles such as "Drug-addicted Son Needs Tough Love." A copy of the letter published by the Sentinel & Enterprise can be read here:
"Tough Love Hardest on Saddened Mom" by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, Sentinel & Enterprise, April 2, 2015. (sentinelandenterprise.com) Download the PDF article here.
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February 2015
- "When Parents and Older Children See Latter's Future Differently" by Lois M. Collins, Deseret News National Edition, February 12, 2015. (national.deseretnews.com) Download the PDF article here.
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October 2014
- "Parents Horrified by "Cloud 9"" (Spanish news coverage) Telemundo Local, Telemundo 52, October 2, 2014. (telemundo52.com)
- "Alert: "Cloud 9", A New Lethal Drug" (Spanish news coverage) Telemundo Local, Telemundo 52, October 1, 2014. (telemundo52.com) Download the PDF article here.
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April 2014
- "North Coast Group Keeping Families Together" by Marty Graham, Seaside Courier, April 30, 2014. (seasidecourier.com)
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"Dennis Poncher KABC Radio Interview 4-21-14 - Doug McIntyre Show" by KABC-AM 790 Radio - McIntyre In The Morning, April 21, 2014. (mcintyreinthemorning.com)
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February 2014
- "Help! I Hate My Kids' Friends" by Maria Mora, allParenting, February 24, 2014. (allparenting.com) Download the PDF article here.
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"Dennis Poncher KABC Radio Interview 2-4-14" by KABC-AM 790 Radio - February 4, 2014.
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- "Saving Face: What to Do When Your Kid Screws Up" by Andrea Williams, Daily Parent, February 2014. (dailyparent.com) Download the PDF article here.
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January 2014
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"Dennis Poncher KNX NewsRadio Heroin Interview 1-16-14 Part 1" by KNX NewsRadio (losangeles.cbslocal.com/station/knx-1070)
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"Dennis Poncher KNX NewsRadio Heroin Interview 1-16-14 Part 2" by KNX NewsRadio (losangeles.cbslocal.com/station/knx-1070)
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< - "'America's Suburb' -- the San Fernando Valley -- and Heroin: International Parenting Group -- B.I.L.Y. -- Takes on Issue at Valley's First Ever Heroin Symposium To Address Pervasive New Middle Class Drug-of-Choice on Thursday, January 16, 2014", Market Watch, The Wall Street Journal, January 16, 2014. (marketwatch.com)
- "Spike in Heroin Use Subject of San Fernando Valley Symposium" by Susan Abram, Los Angeles Daily News, January 15, 2014. (dailynews.com) Download the PDF article here.
- "Heroin Invades U.S. Suburbs: Middle Class Families Increasingly Affected by This "Hard Core" Drug" by Mark Huffman, Consumer Affairs, January 15, 2014. (consumeraffairs.com) Download the PDF article here.
- "San Fernando Valley Symposium Aimed At Sharp Rise In Heroin Use", CBS Local News, Los Angeles, January 13, 2014. (losangeles.cbslocal.com) Download the PDF article here.
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November 2013
- "From Lying to Fighting or Forgetting to Clean Up, Families Tackle Change" by Lois M. Collins, The Evening Tribune, November 18, 2013. (eveningtribune.com)
- "From Lying to Fighting or Forgetting to Clean Up, Families Tackle Change" by Lois M. Collins, Rockford Register Star, November 18, 2013. (rrstar.com)
- "From Lying to Fighting or Forgetting to Clean Up, Families Tackle Change" by Lois M. Collins, Deseret News National Edition, November 18, 2013. (deseretnews.com)
- "From Lying to Fighting or Forgetting to Clean Up, Families Tackle Change" by Lois M. Collins, Deseret News National Edition, November 18, 2013. (PDF Article from deseretnews.com)
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October 2013
- "Parent Rap" by Zan Romanoff, TRIBE Magazine, October, 2013. (PDF Article from tribejournal.com)