Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Real Talk with Kym Laube: Prevention Insights for Parents, & Educators
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Real Talk with Kym Laube: Prevention Insights for Parents, & Educators
In this episode, Tall Cop Jermaine Galloway sits down with Kym Laube of HUGS Inc. a nationally recognized prevention leader and the newest member of the Tall Cop Speakers Network! Together, they dig into the why behind youth substance use and how communities can play a powerful role in prevention.
Kym breaks down the importance of ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and how they can shape a young person’s health and longevity. More importantly, she highlights how Positive Childhood Experiences and just 1–2 caring adults can serve as anchors that help young people thrive, even in difficult environments.
The conversation also explores the critical impact of delaying first substance use. With 90% of addictions beginning during the teen years, Laube emphasizes that the earlier a child starts using, the higher their risk for dependency making early prevention essential.
Jermaine and Kym also discuss practical strategies for supporting youth: talking openly about feelings, teaching stress-management skills, and modeling healthy ways to navigate anxiety and pressure.
This powerful discussion offers insight, tools, and hope for anyone working with youth from parents and educators to prevention professionals and community leaders.
Save the Date for the 5th Annual Tall Cop Emerging Drug Trends Conference on 11/12-13/2026!
Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter here!
Learn more about the Tall Cop Speaker's Network!
View all episodes
By Jermaine Galloway
5
3737 ratings
In this episode, Tall Cop Jermaine Galloway sits down with Kym Laube of HUGS Inc. a nationally recognized prevention leader and the newest member of the Tall Cop Speakers Network! Together, they dig into the why behind youth substance use and how communities can play a powerful role in prevention.
Kym breaks down the importance of ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and how they can shape a young person’s health and longevity. More importantly, she highlights how Positive Childhood Experiences and just 1–2 caring adults can serve as anchors that help young people thrive, even in difficult environments.
The conversation also explores the critical impact of delaying first substance use. With 90% of addictions beginning during the teen years, Laube emphasizes that the earlier a child starts using, the higher their risk for dependency making early prevention essential.
Jermaine and Kym also discuss practical strategies for supporting youth: talking openly about feelings, teaching stress-management skills, and modeling healthy ways to navigate anxiety and pressure.
This powerful discussion offers insight, tools, and hope for anyone working with youth from parents and educators to prevention professionals and community leaders.
Save the Date for the 5th Annual Tall Cop Emerging Drug Trends Conference on 11/12-13/2026!
Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter here!
Learn more about the Tall Cop Speaker's Network!
More shows like Tall Cop Says Stop™ - Boots On The Ground
View all
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
172,000 Listeners
20/20
12,100 Listeners
Wine & Crime
15,123 Listeners
Cold Case Files
8,687 Listeners
Crime Junkie
370,110 Listeners
Sinisterhood
6,362 Listeners
The Charlie Kirk Show
65,493 Listeners
Dateline NBC
47,654 Listeners
Office Ladies
85,636 Listeners
Park Predators
18,053 Listeners
Serialously with Annie Elise
10,515 Listeners
True Sunlight
32,385 Listeners
Betrayal Weekly
8,271 Listeners
Pod Meets World
6,814 Listeners
The King Road Killings: An Idaho Murder Mystery
2,380 Listeners