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Role of parents in drug prevention

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This document discusses the important role that parents play in preventing substance abuse. It provides tips for parents on how to get involved in their children's lives, communicate effectively, build their self-esteem, set rules, and be good role models. It also outlines steps to take if a child is using drugs or alcohol, including getting support, staying calm during confrontation, and following treatment recommendations. The overall message is that parents need to spend quality time with their children, make them feel loved and valued, and help them develop life skills to build resiliency against substance abuse.

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ROLE OF PARENTS ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION & INTERVENTION Dangerous Drug Board
Role of parents in drug prevention
PARENTS - THEIR PROTECTIVE ROLE GET INVOLVEDGET INVOLVED  When your child gets homeWhen your child gets home after school try to be thereafter school try to be there  Spend time with the childSpend time with the child  Create a welcomeCreate a welcome environment at homeenvironment at home  Eat together as often as you canEat together as often as you can  Get to know aboutGet to know about their interests andtheir interests and activitiesactivities
LEARN TO COMMUNICATE Watch out for non - verbal cues Good communication is more than just words  Listen to the child, giving your full attention  Look at the child when he is talking
APPRECIATE AND ENCOURAGE Positive self-esteem is a valuable gift Make him feel wanted and valued Focus on positive behaviour Appreciate efforts not achievements alone
APPRECIATE AND ENCOURAGE (contd..) Help the child understand that he has your guidance and also the freedom to make decisions Help the child set realistic goals and work towards them
PREVENTIVE ROLEEncourage healthy pursuits like sports / music Be familiar with your child’s activitiesBe familiar with your child’s activities SET ACCEPTABLE RULESSET ACCEPTABLE RULES  Lay down acceptable principlesLay down acceptable principles  State expectations clearlyState expectations clearly  Make rules in consultation with the childMake rules in consultation with the child  Enforce the rules setEnforce the rules set
ROLE OF PARENTS ONROLE OF PARENTS ON DRUG/SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTIONDRUG/SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION 1. Parents Are Children’s First Role Models 2. Building Resiliency Examine your own behaviour Emulate the values you want your child to follow
3. Creating Balance Through Making Choices.  Have Children pay attention to how they feel about their choices. 4. Exploring Options and Outcomes  Have a support system that extends beyond immediate family to other trustworthy adults who will help, particularly in crisis or emergencies.
• Encourage children’s self-worth and self identity by loving and praising them just as they are.  Truly know your children, what they are about as people.
  Know your child’s friends and theirfriends’ parents. Be willing to talk to other parents about concerns. Have a family connectedness to some form of a higher power.
 Have a family awareness sessions and talk on issues that affect family balance and harmony.  Parents must be willing to admit that they don’t know all the answers and work with children to find solutions.
PARENTAL INTERVENTION What to do When a Child is Using alcohol or other Drugs Reasons Why Parents Do not Notice Drug Use & Get Help For their Children 1. Denial 2. Enabling 3. Shame and Blame
Five Steps to Help a Using Child 1. Parents need to get support for themselves. 2. When talking to a using child or confronting them about use, stay calm and don’t argue.
3. With very difficult children, an intervention facilitated by a professional may need to take place. A counselor may help with breaking the child’s financial resistance to therapy or support.
4. Get the assessment and follow through with the referral recommendations for the child & the family. 5. Keep in mind that getting help for the child is expressing love and taking care of the child’s well-being.
One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first interview, the director did the last interview, made the last decision. The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score. The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" the youth answered "none". The director asked, " Was it your father who paid for your school fees?" The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees.
The director asked, " Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?" The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me. The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning. The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid. The director asked, " Where did your mother work?" The youth answered, "My mother worked as clothes cleaner. The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.
This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises in the mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his graduation, academic excellence and his future. After finishing the cleaning of his mother hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother. That night, mother and son talked for a very long time. The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water. Next morning, the youth went to the director's office. The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, asked: " Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"
The youth said, Number 1, I know now what is appreciation. Without my mother, there would not the successful me today. Number 2, by working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done. Number 3, I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family relationship. The youth answered, " I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes' The Director asked, " please tell me your feelings." The director said, " This is what I am looking for to be my manager. I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life. You are hired.”
A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop "entitlement mentality" and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts. When he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. For this kind of people, who may be good academically, may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel sense of achievement. He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying the kid instead?* Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The company's performance improved tremendously.
You can let your kid live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let them experience it. After a meal, let them wash their plates and bowls together with their brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in a right way. You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young person. The most important thing is your kid learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get things done.
As a person we have a multiple roles to perform, but being a parent is the greatest and for a lifetime…………
Listen When I ask you to listen to me and You start giving advice You have not done what I asked   When I ask you to listen to me and You begin to tell me why, I shouldn’t feel that way, You are trampling on my feelings.   When I ask you to listen to me and You feel you have to do something To solve my problems, you have failed me, strange as that may seem.    
Perhaps that’s why prayer works for some people.   Because GOD is mute and HE doesn’t offer or try to fix things. HE just listens and hear me.   And if you want to talk, wait a few minutes for your turn , and I promise I”ll listen to you.
A PARENT’S PRAYER Thank you for my children, Lord; I know they are a gift from You. Daily I need your strength and wisdom to train them the way they should go . Give me patience and a joyful heart; let me be an example of Your love and forgiveness. Thank You , Father for the honor of being a parent . Amen Facebook
•The only thing we can bring to eternal life are those we have given away
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  • 4. LEARN TO COMMUNICATE Watch out for non - verbal cues Good communication is more than just words  Listen to the child, giving your full attention  Look at the child when he is talking
  • 5. APPRECIATE AND ENCOURAGE Positive self-esteem is a valuable gift Make him feel wanted and valued Focus on positive behaviour Appreciate efforts not achievements alone
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  • 7. PREVENTIVE ROLEEncourage healthy pursuits like sports / music Be familiar with your child’s activitiesBe familiar with your child’s activities SET ACCEPTABLE RULESSET ACCEPTABLE RULES  Lay down acceptable principlesLay down acceptable principles  State expectations clearlyState expectations clearly  Make rules in consultation with the childMake rules in consultation with the child  Enforce the rules setEnforce the rules set
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  • 10. • Encourage children’s self-worth and self identity by loving and praising them just as they are.  Truly know your children, what they are about as people.
  • 11.   Know your child’s friends and theirfriends’ parents. Be willing to talk to other parents about concerns. Have a family connectedness to some form of a higher power.
  • 12.  Have a family awareness sessions and talk on issues that affect family balance and harmony.  Parents must be willing to admit that they don’t know all the answers and work with children to find solutions.
  • 13. PARENTAL INTERVENTION What to do When a Child is Using alcohol or other Drugs Reasons Why Parents Do not Notice Drug Use & Get Help For their Children 1. Denial 2. Enabling 3. Shame and Blame
  • 14. Five Steps to Help a Using Child 1. Parents need to get support for themselves. 2. When talking to a using child or confronting them about use, stay calm and don’t argue.
  • 15. 3. With very difficult children, an intervention facilitated by a professional may need to take place. A counselor may help with breaking the child’s financial resistance to therapy or support.
  • 16. 4. Get the assessment and follow through with the referral recommendations for the child & the family. 5. Keep in mind that getting help for the child is expressing love and taking care of the child’s well-being.
  • 17. One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first interview, the director did the last interview, made the last decision. The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score. The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" the youth answered "none". The director asked, " Was it your father who paid for your school fees?" The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees.
  • 18. The director asked, " Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?" The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me. The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning. The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid. The director asked, " Where did your mother work?" The youth answered, "My mother worked as clothes cleaner. The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.
  • 19. This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises in the mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his graduation, academic excellence and his future. After finishing the cleaning of his mother hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother. That night, mother and son talked for a very long time. The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water. Next morning, the youth went to the director's office. The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, asked: " Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"
  • 20. The youth said, Number 1, I know now what is appreciation. Without my mother, there would not the successful me today. Number 2, by working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done. Number 3, I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family relationship. The youth answered, " I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes' The Director asked, " please tell me your feelings." The director said, " This is what I am looking for to be my manager. I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life. You are hired.”
  • 21. A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop "entitlement mentality" and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts. When he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. For this kind of people, who may be good academically, may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel sense of achievement. He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying the kid instead?* Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The company's performance improved tremendously.
  • 22. You can let your kid live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let them experience it. After a meal, let them wash their plates and bowls together with their brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in a right way. You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young person. The most important thing is your kid learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get things done.
  • 23. As a person we have a multiple roles to perform, but being a parent is the greatest and for a lifetime…………
  • 24. Listen When I ask you to listen to me and You start giving advice You have not done what I asked   When I ask you to listen to me and You begin to tell me why, I shouldn’t feel that way, You are trampling on my feelings.   When I ask you to listen to me and You feel you have to do something To solve my problems, you have failed me, strange as that may seem.    
  • 25. Perhaps that’s why prayer works for some people.   Because GOD is mute and HE doesn’t offer or try to fix things. HE just listens and hear me.   And if you want to talk, wait a few minutes for your turn , and I promise I”ll listen to you.
  • 26. A PARENT’S PRAYER Thank you for my children, Lord; I know they are a gift from You. Daily I need your strength and wisdom to train them the way they should go . Give me patience and a joyful heart; let me be an example of Your love and forgiveness. Thank You , Father for the honor of being a parent . Amen Facebook
  • 27. •The only thing we can bring to eternal life are those we have given away