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The very idea alone of your child using drugs is frightening, and parents often feel helpless and ill-equipped to deal with it. Cathy Karassellos<\/span>, Clinical Psychologist at Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre Atlantis gives the following constructive steps parents can take:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Listen to each other and encourage open communication in the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Educate the family about the effects and risks of using drugs, and what resources are available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Choose wisely about your own use of substances, eg alcohol, medication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Take an interest, ensure you always know where tour child is, who they\u2019re with and that they are well supervised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Discuss substance use in an honest, caring environment, where children feel free to share the pressures they face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Set clear boundaries on behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Be consistent in applying consequences if limits are broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Offer understanding and unstinting emotional support to your child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Monitor yourself, being aware of how you may be making it easier for problems to continue, eg by not following up if their behaviour seems unusual. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. Get support if you are concerned there may be a problem \u2013 know where to get help and don\u2019t be afraid to ask.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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