Telling Your Children the Truth about Drugs and Alcohol

Before beginning such a conversation with a child, an adult needs to examine his or her own substance choices and assumptions made about them. If a substance affects our mental state, does that make it inherently bad? If you answer yes to that, then you have to examine anything else you do because it makes you feel good or if it affects your ability to make certain decisions. [Week 36 of 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship With Your Child]