Parenting Forums - View Single Post - talking to your child about drugs and alcohol

Persephone1881 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-12-2009, 12:24 AM

I don't have any firsthand experience with this since my only child is only 5 months, but I'll throw my 2 cents in anyway.

As with talking to your kids about sex, I think talking to them about drugs and alcohol shouldn't just be a one-time thing. It should be an on-going conversation. And it should definitely be a conversation and not just a lecture on why it's bad. I think using books would depend on the personality of your kids... I can see how it would be really easy for some kids to look at things like that and just think "That won't be me, I can handle it."