Drug Free: A Parent’s Guide to Prevention

Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent’s Guide to Prevention

Contents

Introduction 4
Teaching Values 4
Setting and Enforcing Rules 6
Getting the Facts 6
Children and Alcohol 7
Facts on Tobacco 8
Talking with and Listening to Your Child 11
Communication Tips 12
-Preschoolers 14
–Kindergarden-Grade 3 15
–Grades 4-6 17
–Grades 7-9 19
–Grades 10-12 22
School-Parent Cooperation 26
Parent-Community Activites 27
Parent Support Groups 27
–Alcohol 29
–Tobacco 30
–Cannabis 31
–Inhalants 32
–Cocaine 33
–Other Stimulants 33
–Depressants 34
–Hallucinogens 35
–Narcotics 36
–Designer Drugs 38
–Anabolic Steroids 39
Where to Get Information and Help 40
General Reading List for  
–Parents 44
–Elementary School Children 45
–Secondary School Children 46
Videos 47
References 47
Acknowledgments 50

Introduction

Child rearing is one of the most important tasks anyone ever performs, and the one for which there is the least preparation. 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 pressures unheard of 30 or 40 years ago. Frankly, many of us need help to deal with this frightening threat to our children’s health and well-being. Recent surveys show that we are making progress in our national battle against some drugs. Casual use is declining, attitudes are changing, and we know more about what works to prevent drug use by our young people.

As parents, we can build on that progress in our own families by having strong, loving relationships with our children, by teaching standards of right and wrong, by setting and enforcing rules for behavior, by knowing the facts about alcohol and other drugs, and by really listening to our children.
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