Straight Forward Parenting - Drugs and Alcohol

Drugs and Alcohol

Teaching kids and teens healthy ways to communicate, problem solve, and deal with life's challenges decrease their need to seek out unhealthy means of escaping problems. -Straightforward Consulting

How To Drug-Proof Kids.
by Jodi M. Freeman

This book tells parents how to drug-proof kids with drug prevention and life skills, characteristics of drug-free children and homes, and the signs and stages of drug abuse.

Choices and Consequences
by Johnson Inst Staff, Dick Schaefer, Pamela Espeland

Gives parents, teachers, and other concerned adults the tools to recognize and understand all levels of teenage alcohol or other drug use, and shows them how to use intervention to break through a teenager's resistance and denial.

Tough Love : How Parents Can Deal With Drug Abuse
by Pauline Neff

For more than a decade, Tough Love has been the standard text for families dealing with substance abuse. Now revised to reflect the changes in the Palmer Drug Abuse Program on which it was based, Tough Love again meets the needs of families in turmoil. Neff gathers real-life accounts of young drug users who needed to receive help, and of the parents' role in seeing that they received it.

Don't Let Your Kids Kill You : A Guide for Parents of Drug and Alcohol Addicted Children.
by Charles Rubin

The survival and recovery guide for parents picks up where "Tough Love" leaves off. This compassionate self-help recovery guide dares to suggest that parents have a right to a fulfilling life, even when their kids are ruining their own through alcohol or drugs. By helping yourself, the author claims, you help your kids.

Drugs, Alcohol, and Your Children : What Every Parent Needs to Know
by Judith S. Seixas, Geraldine Youcha

This guide, for parents of children from preadolescence to early adulthood, shows readers who suspect their kids--or their friends--are using drugs what to look for, and how to remain alert while respecting their children's privacy. In an authoritative yet comforting and matter-of-fact tone, it offers strategies for dealing with the problem if there is one, and includes information about legal issues, tips on effective communication, and advice on finding help and treatment. A drug glossary, recommended reading materials, and a list of nationwide resources and hotlines round out this comprehensive and indispensable guide.

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