POULSBO — For kids growing up in an increasingly dangerous world where they are accosted by maliciously alluring situations and forced to make decisions under the weight of both outside expectations and peer pressure, positive support is essential.

Substantial support can only travel through open lines of communication, however, tackling topics like sexuality, drugs and alcohol is not always easy.

With that in mind, the North Kitsap Community Connection — a group blending representatives from multiple area organizations that promote raising safe and healthy children — is offering a crash course on how to be a teen’s confidant. From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Oct. 7, the group will be hosting its second annual Know More Community Forum at North Kitsap High School.

Utilizing feedback from a successful first year, the group has created a syllabus of pertinent and popular topics ranging from protecting new drivers to quelling bullying in schools, event organizer and Kitsap County Health District suicide prevention coordinator Kelly Chatwood said.

Parents and community members attending the event will be asked to select three of the nine information breakout sessions. Anyone interested in attending is asked to register for their topic priorities by Tuesday, in order to give event organizers a better feel for the expected head counts at each session.

To register, visit the NKSD’s Web site at www.nksd.wednet.edu and click on the Know More Forum “complete information” link.

“There will be plenty of opportunities for question and answer,” Chatwood said. “Some are more interactive than others, but they are all informational.”

Each session will be led by a youth outreach specialist who will present facts and information on the topic and strategies for how to discuss the subject with kids.

Each session will last about 50 minutes.

Forum attendees will move from their first through third topics, then the forum will wrap up by bringing everyone together for lunch and a question and answer session with a panel of NK kids and related professionals.