Alcohol & Drug Addiction. Children and Teen Parenting Information.

Drug addiction in children and teens are increasing with an alarming scale. About 9.5 million Americans between ages 12-20 had at least one drink last month, of these 4.4 million had consumed five or more drinks in a row (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1996 Survey). In general, more than one million people are completely dependent on at least one type of illicit substance.

Parenting for Alcohol & Drug use in Children

• Drug abuse is a problem of not a particular class of society or of a suburban, city, place, economic group, or ethnic group, etc. It is everywhere and everybody's problem.

• Being a parent is a difficult job. It is a lifetime duty and you are never relieved of the responsibility of being a parent. Only the nature of duty changes as the child grows.

• Your responsibilities are different when the child is born than when he enters adolescence, and when he becomes an adult.

• Most of us learn how to be parents through on-the-job training and by following the example that our parents set.

• Today the widespread use of alcohol and other drugs subjects our children, families, and communities to tremendous pressures. Many of us need help to deal with this frightening threat to our children’s health and well-being.

• If you think that your kid cannot use drug because it is only the 'bad' kid who uses drug and your kid is very good, you are mistaken. All kids are vulnerable to the lure of drugs. Normally it goes out of control before you can do anything about it.

Read the following articles to protect your children from alcohol and drug abuse.

• Drug Information
• Slang Terms of Drugs
• Facts on Alcohol & Drug Abuse
• Family Values & Family Rules
• Drug use Test & Signs

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