If you are wondering how to prevent
drug problems for your children, the
answer is parent involvement.
One's involvement in parent is the
key to preventing drug abuse.
Parents play the most important role
in determining how children handle
the temptations to use alcohol,
cigarettes, and drugs.
Why focus on parents?
Prevention in schools is essential,
but they are not sufficient.Often, the
prevention starts talking about the
problem drugs use only from the high
school years. Yet, the problem drug
use often begins earlier than the
high school years.
Remember that parents
have more influence over their child
than friends, music, TV, the
Internet and celebrities.
Help your children to
protect itself from drugs by:
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Talking and listening
regularly. |
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Being directly involved in
your child’s everyday world. |
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Making it clear that you do
not want him or her using
drugs or
drinking.
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Setting limits. |
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