In the past, illicit drugs were popular among teens for getting high. Now the frontier has changed, however, and today’s teens are abusing prescription drugs which they get from unsuspecting parents and family members. Many parents aren’t aware of this problem, and thus don’t lock up their medications. Prescription drugs such as pain killers, ADD drugs and anti depressants can be deadly if taken improperly.
These are highly addictive and dangerous drugs, and they are considered very desirable by teens. Lock up your medicines. Put it all in one place and keep it under lock and key. Some people may think that is an extreme measure, but when teens and their friends are in and out of your house all the time, it can be very easy for them to slip away with a few pills unnoticed. Read the rest of this entry
It’s always heartbreaking to watch a teen who you remember as a still tottering child get caught up in drug abuse and addiction, and although it’s tragic, it’s sadly common; and hundreds of thousands of families face similar challenges in the home.
Drug abuse and addiction very rarely get better without intervention and professional help, and once you decide to intervene and get residential drug or alcohol rehab treatment for your struggling child, you are faced with the difficult decision of where to turn for help.
It’s not only about the money
Rehab can be very expensive (How much will drug rehab cost?) and although price i Read the rest of this entry
Since the beginning of time, good kids have been known to do dumb things. The same can be said of naïve and well-meaning parents. Because they don’t know what to say, some parents fail to talk to their children about drugs. Others develop a false sense of security after they do.
It’s much more comfortable for parents to hold the belief that things haven’t changed much since they were young than it is to accept the fact that they have. It’s also much easier for parents to believe that their teenagers always tell them the truth and would never try drugs, but who ever said parenting was supposed to be easy?
Parents ask me when they should talk to their kids, what they should say, and what they can do to follow through. Ben Franklin said, “Wise is the man who fixes his roof Read the rest of this entry