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Getting Your Troubled Teen to Accept Help

Posted by Drug Free in Drug Abuse Treatment, Raising Healthy Kids on April 24th, 2011

How can parents make their troubled teens accept that they need treatment?

helping your teen1. Let family members know that you are concerned with his or her drinking and drug use and that you’re willing to help. Make them see the damage that his or her actions brought into the family. If the person does not heed your words, let him know you’ll do whatever it takes to protect the rest of the family from him.

2. The best time to talk about your child’s problem is when he is sober and both of you are calm. It would be wise to open up about recent family arguments that have happened due to his drug and alcohol problems and even fresh incidents that occurred when your child got into his bad habits.

3. Be sure that you’re equipped with the proper information about treatment options when you do tell your kids that you will help them deal with their addictions. You can both seek the help of organizations or treatment programs that will be happy to be of service to you.

4. There are times when the more people — professionals and relatives alike — working together in confronting a troubled child can improve success rates. With the help of therapists and experienced persons, it could very well let your child see that he indeed needs help right now.

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How to Talk to Your Teen Who Is Using Drugs

Posted by Drug Free in Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation on April 17th, 2010

All parents want to raise their kids right — with lots of love and respect for the family and other people, and free from illegal drugs and other dangerous vices. The main goal must be to help the kids avoid trying out drugs in the first place by carefully explaining the effects of drugs on a person’s body and by discussing how a first-time use to simply try things out can lead to dangerous addiction.

teen drug abuseHowever, some parents are already past that stage with their kids now using drugs. The important thing to remember here is that even if your child is already using drugs, it is not healthy — for them or for you — to start blaming yourself about what happened. Your child is exposed to different influences inside and outside your home. No matter how we try to control situations at home, some factors can be difficult to take hold of.

So, what must a parent do when his or her child is already on drugs? Talk to them. Many parents find it difficult to discuss specific critical issues to their children, but this is something that every parent needs to start discussing with their kids about. Do not immediately dismiss the situation as “out of your hands” and send your child to a counselor. You should be your child’s first source of advice. As the parent, you should be the “safety blanket” that could provide him the extra care and protection now that he has taken a crucial path.

Listen to his side of the story and do not judge. After he has freely shared his story, thoughts and feelings, assure him that you understand, but tell him that you do not approve of his drug use and that it must stop. Give him the assurance that you will support him as he stops his drug use — on his own or through drug abuse programs.

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