PEERx: Who Are Your Teens Choosing as Friends?
October 15, 2011 at 11:20 am Leave a comment
Get the facts!
What path will your teen choose?
National Drug Facts Week is Monday, October 31st through Sunday, November 6th, 2011.
Sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Drug Facts Week is an annual official health observance designed to shatter the myths and spread the facts about drug abuse and addiction.
National Drug Facts Week (NDFW) is a health observance week for teens that aims to shatter the myths about drugs and drug abuse. Through community-‐based events and activities on the Web, on TV, and through contests, NIDA is working to encourage teens to get factual answers from scientific experts about drugs and drug abuse. Download the NDFW Info Sheet!
PeerX: RX abuse is drug abuse.
Over and over again parents will say that it isn’t their kid, it is the peer group they are hanging with.
Really?
Isn’t it your teen making the choice to be with them?
Until parents move out of denial, it is almost impossible to get your teen help. Not only is it the teen that has to admit they have a problem, the parents have to face the fact that their child is making some very poor choices. As with many parents, they are afraid of the stigma – afraid of what family or friends will think, but what about your teens future? Doesn’t that take priority?
Are you ignoring teen drug use signs?
Check out 10 quick tips to help prevent teen drug use: Click here.
Do you have a teen that you suspect is using drugs? Have you exhausted all your local resources? Take the time to learn about residential therapy, visit www.HelpYourTeens.com. Each teen and family are unique, there are many teen help programs, knowing how to locate the one best for you can be a challenge, however Parents’ Universal Resource Experts in Broward County, can help, starting with a free consultation.
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Be an educated parent, you will have healthier teens.
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