Important Role of Parents in Keeping Child Drug-Free
The first and most important people that can affect a child’s growth and development are the parents. There are a lot of ways they can influence their child’s behavior and decisions as he/she grows up....
View ArticleGetting Your Troubled Teen to Accept Help
How can parents make their troubled teens accept that they need treatment? 1. Let family members know that you are concerned with his or her drinking and drug use and that you’re willing to help. Make...
View ArticleFairfax County Revise School Discipline Policy
The Fairfax County School Board has revised their disciplinary measures on students caught with or hooked on drugs, according to a feature on WUSA9.com. As a start, parents will now be notified when...
View ArticleAnti-Drug Advocates Stress Importance of Parent – Teen Communication
Representatives from the National Substance Abuse Awareness have once again emphasized the importance of opening communication lines between parents and teens to help fight drug and alcohol abuse....
View ArticleStages of Teen Substance Abuse and Dependency
It is important for parents to keep track of their children and their activities. In today’s tough and dangerous times, kids could find so many reasons to be off track and get into different types of...
View ArticleCandid Discussions on Substance Abuse Between Parents and Teens
Students from the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School will get the opportunity to bare all when it comes to substance abuse issues with their parents. On its second year, the “Candid Discussion”...
View ArticleParents, Teens Gather to Talk About Drug and Alcohol Use
The Trackside Teen Center was packed with parents and students during the Wilton Youth Council’s Community Conversation held last April 25. This is the third time that the council had the event where...
View Article3 Parental Practices That May Encourage Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Teenagers
It’s tough being a parent. When your child does some crazy things, like experiment on drugs, the blame would usually fall on you first before the finger is pointed to friends and other influences....
View ArticleCDC Finds Addiction to Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco as the Most Common Issues...
Teenagers struggle with so many issues, but the most common of which is addiction to banned substances. The May 2013 issue of CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) showed that drugs,...
View ArticleCDC Releases Data on Teenage Drug Use: Less Smoking, More Marijuana
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a statement saying that 30 percent of teenagers – regardless of ethnicity — engage in smoking cigarettes or marijuana. This...
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