Top Tips for Talking To Your Teenager about Drugs
Effective communication is essential at any stage of your child’s development but it is particularly important during the transitional stage of adolescence. So here are a few tried and tested tips for talking about drugs to your teenager:
Always begin with a non-judgemental attitude.
- Don’t push your teen but be open and receptive.
- It’s not a good idea to share your experiences and don’t assume you know all the issues involved e.g. you may have smoked pot but nowadays ’skunk’ - a much stronger version grown from specially cultivated seeds - is more common.
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The thought of a teenage child getting involved with drugs will strike fear into the hearts of most parents and here we look at just how to go about dealing with this problem if you are unlucky enough to be confronted by it.
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Dealing With A Teenager Who You Suspect Is Taking Drugs
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Teenagers these days are often subjected to considerable peer pressure but this does not have to be too much of a problem as long as you are aware of it and know how to head off potential problems and deal with those that do arise.
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Getting your messy teenager to pull their weight at home !
“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”
Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790, Scientist, Publisher and Diplomat
Do you feel like you’re always wading knee-deep through your teenager’s piles of discarded clothes, dirty glasses, crisp packets and magazines?
Does it drive you mad to see the constant mess in your teenager’s bedroom and if you do go and tidy it up do you find that instead of being thankful, your teenager is actually annoyed that their personal space has been invaded!
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