Wednesday, December 19, 2007

What hands-on looks like, Part 2

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse found kids with "hands-off" parents are twice as likely to smoke, drink and do drugs.

In the previous blog, we hit the first six characteristics of being a-hands-on-parent. Here are the rest: be very aware of your teen’s grades, have a curfew, eat dinner together most every night, know where your teen is at all times, and tell your kids you won't tolerate any drug use.

So be "hands-on" and your teens will keep their hands off drugs.

For the complete hands-on article: click here.

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