All gradually talked to staff about their personal use, stopped using and continued in the theater program. One young man is now in college and two are getting ready to enter college in the fall of 1997. The fourth is a sophomore in high school. Parental involvement in the program is low, primarily because of cultural assumptions. In Puerto Rico, it is assumed that in programs run by adults for children, there is no need for parents to be involved.
Many parents are aware of the program's value in their children's lives, however.