Summary:
Your kids are getting to that age when it´s time to have The Talk. No, not the one about the birds and bees. This is the discussion on drugs. What will your approach be?

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You’ve taught your kids the lessons they need to negotiate life, from how to cross the street safely to not talking to strangers. Now in their teens, they’re closer to adulthood than childhood, but there’s another hurdle threatening to trip them up before they reach the finish line. In your bid to educate and enlighten your teen, should you share your own experiences with drugs?

A lot of parents would say absolutely not. Just as some believe that birth control education promotes and condones pre-marital sex, so too would many believe that admitting to one’s own follies encourages exploration of the drug world. However, in the absence of concrete information, including personal anecdotes, your teen may well seek answers by experimenting.

Other caregivers feel that sharing their own experiences with drugs will foster a more open and honest relationship with their teen. Instead of a “do as I say and not as I do” attitude, they will divulge personal history in an attempt to prevent mistakes of the past from being repeated.

If in fact you tried drugs as a teen, it would be foolhardy to deny it. Should your teen find out you are lying, it will be hard to regain his/her trust. Also, because teens are convinced that they’re far smarter than their parents, they’ll assume you have no idea what you’re talking about, unless you tell them otherwise. Of course, no dialogue at all on the subject would be dangerous and potentially lethal.

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