224 pages
PDF
ISBN: 9781741756807
February 2009
Edition: 1
Publisher: ALLEN & UNWIN
A respected front-line campaigner answers the real and most commonly asked questions about alcohol and drugs, and shows how parents can get these important conversations started with their kids.
There are so many questions that need answers, but how do parents start talking to their kids about alcohol and drugs? Asking Are you taking drugs?' won't do it that approach won't give teenagers the information they desperately need to keep themselves and their friends safe.
Teenagers, Alcohol and Drugs has been written in response to the stories Paul Dillon has heard over 25 years in drug and alcohol education. It provides answers to the questions he has been asked by both young people and their parents and also includes solutions to the many scenarios he has heard about from anxious teenagers who haven't known what to do when things went bad.
This book shows parents how to talk to their children in a way that is respectful and reasonable, non-threatening and non-judgmental. It will help them understand the issues their children are facing, and show them how to help their kids negotiate a minefield of misinformation and social pressure in a calm and sensible way to tell them what they really want and need to know about alcohol and drugs.