If I had children I would definitely have a talk with them about drugs and the dangers of them. My method of doing so I've listed as the following as what I would do, and wouldn't do.
Good methods :
- Explaining the effects of drugs and that it harms and permanently alters your mind.
- Explaining addiction and how it could only take 'one time' to be physically or mentally addicted.
- Explain that although it may cause a temporary happiness, it increases the chances of developing depression, which in turn, could make you potentially miserable later on.
- Tell my experiences with people who I know, and who have died from them.
- Explain how marijuana is a gate-way drug and although people beg to differ- it does affect your brain. It affects the part of your brain that deals with your emotions and can cause depression and not a physical dependency but a mental one.
- Explain addictions and different forms, such as mental and physical.
- Letting them know that no matter what they've done they can still talk to me and if they are using drugs to let me know.
- Telling them it's always okay to ask for help.
Bad Methods :
- Harassing them by drug testing them and insisting they're high.
- Raiding their room.
- Removing their door.
- Harassing their friends and drug testing them as well, yes I know it's crazy, but it's happened to me before..
I like how you included bath methods as well because I personally know some people who have over-controlling parents and it just makes the person want to do the drug more and go at more extreme methods to do it. I also agree that the topic of addiction by trying the drug once is a important factor that is overlooked sometimes.
ReplyDeleteThose are good and affective methods to keep kids off of drugs. Many of them was what i thought would be most helpful.
ReplyDeleteAmaizing tips. I can tel you are going to do your best to keep your future kids off drugs!! I also agree that all of them are very important to let the children know how harmful drugs can be.
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