What are the main steps you can do in your life to protect your children away from drugs?

Answer 1

best thing you can do is talk to them when they're young

Answer 2

Our main steps were (and still are):

1. Have God in your life.

2. Keep lines of communication open (good place is the dinner table, at least several times a week.).

3. Cut out articles from your local newspaper or magazines on any aspect of drugs and either have them read first or save for dinner discussion.

4. Always know where/what/with whom your children are doing.

5. Get your children involved in constructive activities, i.e. sports, clubs, etc.

6. Pray a lot!

Hope these help!

Answer 3

As the commercial says, Parents are the anti-drug. If you have a good, close open relationship with your kids that is your best protection. As a parent myself, we follow the reverse funnel philosphy. While our kids are little, they are on the narrow end of the funnel. Few choices and tight boundaries. As they get older and show they have responsibility and honor, we expand the funnel. As they get older, we can be confident they are capable of making wise decisions, even if we're not present. Many parents go the other way, give their kids complete freedom while they're young, and then squeeze the funnel (make lots of rules) as they get older, which causes rebellion. One other thing, get to know your kids friends and tell your kids how much you love them every single day. Letting them know you don't want them to do drugs from the youngest age is also a good idea. However, I believe the most important thing is to be a good example. Don't use or allow drugs in your home yourself and you'll be part way toward keeping your kids drug free.

Answer 4

Tell them the truth as much as possible about drugs. Let them know the actual physical and mental harm it can do to them. Show them medical facts. Don't do that, "hugs not drugs" routine. Take them to a rehab center and let them see what can happen. They will be in contact with drugs for sure and let them know you are there to help if they feel they are in trouble. If you're child is naturally curious and rebellious, be very careful. But again some people try it even for a while, kick the habit and move on. You just want to make sure your child is happy enough that drugs won't be the answer to making them happy.

Answer 5

Be open and honest, be their best friends. Expose your information, and open up to them, let them know everything you know about them, and how you don't do them, and won't. By showing them friendship, loyalty and honesty, you will give them an honest reason why not to do drugs. Some parents believe in not telling the children about drugs, and don't talk to them about subjects revolving drugs. I believe this is because a lot of parents are scared too, because they don't know what to say, and they are afraid of becoming their children's worst enemy, or because they are of afraid of not being convincing, and adding curiosity of drugs to the child's mind. But honestly, whenever they do that the child feels like the parents are hiding something from them, but what you need to do, is explain to them, talk to them, be honest with them. Become their friends. The reason most kids get into drugs is because it is what their friends are doing, by becoming your child's friend, you will be the person they follow after, and they won't do the things you don't do.

Raising children is difficult, but the most important thing you can do is become their friends.

Answer 6

Mainly, talk to them about how drug is very destroyed their life and their future? If you can show some examples,by if there are or was anyone that you know or had known did drug and see what did they turn out? or do research on line ,see if there any articles, document about it, then show it to them. But first be a good example for your kids, because you are the first everything that they might have to see, to observe, to learn and to follow. And beside school, enroll them into some other heathy activities such as sports, after school program, YMCA, martial art class, volunteer program to help others...etc to keep their mind busy, if lots of free time then they might go and hang out with wrong crowed.

Answer 7

They are saying that families that eat dinner to gether the old school way are finding to have a lower inccidence of drug abuse in their families.

That is pretty simple because I think those families talk and interact alot and are aware of each other and involved with each other.

The kids are not out just doen their own thing or finding there Love and attention in the dream world (video games TV ect).

Fullfill the kids with what is real and they want be looking to dreams and hallicinations for their gradifications.

Parents must be present calm down the business/ 2 parent working sucks--Trade the child for a flat screen/hummer/or beutiful home don't seem to make much sense..bur That is what is up in the old US of A

Answer 8

Don't shelter your children too much. I my opinion, children who are protected too much wind up having a difficult time making good choices for themselves when their parents aren't around. That doesn't mean expose them to every bad thing around, it just means let them see the world as it is and then talk about things.

Make sure you child understands why drugs are bad. Maybe volunteer as a family for some kind of rehab or crisis center. Take time to point out the effects of drugs on families, jobs, etc. And start early with this that way it's old info by the time they are confronted with drugs.

When it comes to some things, emphasize how dirty and disgusting the habit is. I think the most effective deterrent for cigarettes is talking about how dirty and gross the habit is rather than about lung cancer and other health risks.

When it comes to IV drugs, make sure your child knows about the risks of HIV/AIDS and other diseases.

Basically, it comes down to taking the time to talk about why drugs are bad and making sure you child knows they can talk to you any time.

One more thing. Participate in their lives. Help keep them active in sports, clubs, and other activities. Show up to games and just be involved.

Answer 9

As a child I watched 2 or 3 TV dramas (of Pakistan Television) surrounding drugs and they were some of most frightening depictions of drugs. In one scene, a religious leader, whose son is estranged because of drugs, is asked to lead a funeral of an unidentified homeless. The dead body is covered with a sheet of cloth. As is customary, the religious leader removes the cloth from the face of the body to see the face before funeral, and finds out it is his own estranged son. The naturalness and heart-retching acting of this scene made it so real that I still remember it and get scared. I believe it was the exposure to these dramas which made me hate all kinds of drugs. I think exposure to such extremely negative depictions of drugs can be very effective.

Answer 10

1. Dont do drugs, practice what U preach.
2.Have great communication with your child, talk about drugs and what they do to people, dont preach have real conversations.
3. Be there for your child to listen, also take the time to know their friends, whats going on in their lifes, dont say their problems are nothing, to them they are!
4.Watch their behavior, if you see any changes dont be afraid to get on it, you are not their friend but their parent, and let them know this and how much you love them.
5. Make sure you make your child know you are proud of them, you see most children who have supportive parents and are self assured, are not followers but leaders, and leaders are way less likley to use drugs, they dont need to fit in, they know they do, they have a strong family support group, this is so important.

Answer 11

its the same old "protect them from the wrong, bad etc etc, blind the, they wont know what drugs are, and they'll keep away from them and all that jazz" well havent u noticed that it hasnt worked lately. talk 2 them about it. if your a bad parent with good intentions, bring in a guy high on the verge of death, let ur kid see him die, then offer him a smoke. what'll happen?
ok, i'm being sarcastic. but u get the point. i'm not telling you to scare your kid but make them realize the intensity of the situation, with books, movie (yes) and emails.
remember, when u tell em that "drugs dun make u cool, DUDE" that doesnt work. if u tell them the truth and give them the power to chose a road, they will pick the rite path...
good luck!