When a teenager gets addicted to drugs and booze, do you think the parents deserve the blame?

Question

Yes or No?

Answer 1

i was a teen alcoholic my parents had no idea. i was good at hiding. they tried to teach me the right things. its not their fault. maybe so if you believe it is genetic

Answer 2

No..it would be silly to blame the parents. The teenage mind is still not quit mature, yet very complex. Sometime the more a parent would try to interveen, the teenager gets worse off because they feel as they dont need parental guidance or anyone telling them what they can or cannot do.
Once the teenager has hit some hard knocks, then the parent might be able to help them, or then again..they'll choose to reject help again.
Now if the parents have introduced their child to drugs and alcohol, done it around them, or leaving their stuff around, were its easy accsess for the teen to find..and use - different story.
There are irresponsible parents. So, yes, in this case if the teen gets a substance abuse problem - the parents would be most to blame.
Then other teens develope severe depression and or bipolar disorder that a busy or denying parent will ignore..claiming her mood swings are just a part of growing up. The parent, not paying much attention to the child's "problems" can lead the confused teen to find other outlets. In a way, they will be forced to have to "fix" their problems on their own, so they seek out friends/peers with the same type of problems/issues. Feeling better is the teenagers goal - so, of course the teen will eventually be introduced to drugs or alcohol with their other disenfranchised peers.
They find that the drug or alcohol or both makes them feel better...The teen may not understand the addiction part of the deal, but now they will confide in whaterver seems to fix their problem. Teens or anyone with bi-polar disorder/depression are more prone to self-medicate becuase they go ignored and cannot get themselves the right kind of help when they are hurting. Are the parents to blame, mostly "Yes"..is the tenager to blame "No, not really".

Answer 3

Someone stated that it was a result of too much freedom and not enough parental involvement and communication. I don't agree completely. Sometimes a parent can be too controlling and micro manage a teenagers life until they have no self confidence and feel smothered emotionally. When they do actually get a taste of freedom, they break loose and are not able to handle mature decisions involving drugs and alcohol. I've seen teenagers who are from very good homes with nurturing parents get involved in drugs. Who knows where to place the blame? The most important thing to remember is that they need a parents support and help. Blaming anyone after the fact will only magnify the problem.

Answer 4

Eight times out of ten, yes, it is, unfortunately. It is often times because the parent themselves has been an addict, unintentionally neglecting their child emotionally, which causes the child to want to look for ways to not feel so empty inside. Or, because the parent is a single mom or dad, and is working so hard to support their child, they end up not having the time to spend with the child they are working so hard for, and the child feels very lonely and unloved. So, most of the time, yes. But whether the parent did indeed play a role in their child's addictions or not , it doesn't really matter. What matters is treating the addiction in your child and looking at what you can now do differently to prevent prior mistakes from happening again, spending more quality time with your child, or just being there for your kid.

Answer 5

In todays international with drugs that grab onto the mind so friggin quick, sure, i believe sympathy as noone starts off out wanting to grow to be an addict and distinctly a lot spoil what they have in existence throughout that factor, in the adventure that they live to inform the tale it. Im extra mad at each and each and every of the money in taxes that are paid to "coach' childrens about drugs, quite of realistically utilising the money for rehabs, they couldnt construct them quick sufficient with the quantity of addicts there are, its very unhappy. in my view i'm dealing with someone in my family individuals who's an addict. They do artwork, yet, its so demanding on the family individuals waiting and questioning at the same time as they're going to crash and burn or die. they are into oxy, and that i guess that grabs on with some human beings quite right away and the man doesnt recognize it, until eventually they awaken ill, and thier pals tell them, their ill because their hooked. "pals sure thats the time period, those who are also addicted, or are satisfied to have a sparkling shopper.

Answer 6

Yes

Answer 7

Absolutely not! Only if they knew about it and did nothing, or didn't try to be involved in their childrens lives. Even children raised by the best of parents will be faced with temptation from peers. It is ultimately the child's decision whether to give in to it or not. As long as the parents have done their best to teach their kids right from wrong, and teach them moral values, it is not their fault!

Answer 8

There is no one answer for this...it completely depends on the situation. Sometimes yes and sometimes no.

Answer 9

No the child makes his or her won choosies but it also depends on if the paren loves the child. If you find this out and do nothing then the paren t is to blame

Answer 10

no!
a parent can make it harder for their kid to be involved with that, and instill good values, but when they are out of the house and with their friends, a whole new influence takes control.