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    Crucial Conversations about Drugs with Teens

    TIPS for TALKING TO YOUR TEEN


    Keep your best motives in mind by asking
    yourself what you really want
    Make it safe for your teen to talk; state
    what you dont intend and what you do
    intend
    Confront with facts about whats
    happening, not judgments
    Discuss, agree on, and stick with
    boundaries
    Evaluate the dialogue to make sure its a
    two-way conversation

    ABOUT THE RESEARCH. The study


    collected responses via an online survey of
    1,017 individuals in November of 2006. Margin
    of error is approximately 3%.

    LEARN NEW SKILLS. To learn how


    Crucial Conversations Training can help you
    discuss important issues with your teen, visit
    www.vitalsmarts.com or call 1.800.449.5989.

    V I TA L S M A R T S R E S E A R C H

    According to a survey we conducted in association with the White House Office of National

    57 percent of parents admit to


    having some degree of difficulty in getting their teens
    involved in meaningful conversations about their
    concerns, such as who their friends are, how they
    dress, and how school is going. And 74 percent have difficulty getting
    Drug Control Policy (ONDCP),

    their teens to respond to these concerns and are not sure their teens are even listening when
    they do talk.
    And when it comes to discussing
    tough topics like drug use, 52 percent
    of parents admit to some degree of
    difficulty with those conversations.
    Even more troubling is that parents
    know drugs are part of a teens world
    today. Fifty-six percent of parents
    believe their teen goes to parties
    where drugs are available and 48
    percent believe their teen has friends
    who use drugs. Despite that, few
    parents do anything about it.

    KEY RESULTS

    74%

    of parents have difficulty getting


    their teens to respond to their concerns

    52%

    of parents have difficulty with


    conversations about tough topics like drug use

    56%

    of parents believe their teen


    goes to parties where drugs are available

    48%

    The research shows the strategy


    of parents believe their teen has
    most often used by parents to monitor
    friends
    who
    use
    drugs
    their teens activities is to keep the
    fridge stocked with food so teens
    and their friends will be more likely to
    hang out at home under parental supervision (52%). Few parents are checking up on their teen
    (7%), asking questions to try to find out whats going on when it comes to drugs (21%), or going
    through their teens belongings (29%), even though research shows teens who are not regularly
    monitored by parents are four times more likely to use drugs.
    And when parents have wondered if their teen might be exposed to drugs, 26 percent of them
    did not speak up because they did not believe their teen would be influenced by drugs. Twenty
    percent did not speak up because they had already discussed drugs with their teen in the past,
    17 percent worried their teen would deny there was a problem, and 13 percent worried that
    initiating the conversation would communicate a lack of trust to their teen.
    An innovator in corporate training and leadership development, VitalSmarts combines three
    decades of original research with 50 years of the best social science thinking to help leaders and
    organizations change human behavior and achieve new levels of performance. VitalSmarts has
    identified four high-leverage skill sets that, when used in combination, create healthy corporate
    cultures. These skills are taught in the Companys award-winning training programs and New York
    Times bestselling books of the same titles: Crucial Conversations, Crucial Accountability, Influencer,
    and Change Anything. VitalSmarts has consulted with more than 300 of the Fortune 500 companies
    and trained more than one million people worldwide. www.vitalsmarts.com

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