BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour - Talking to your children about drugs: Six tips to keep them safe

“Get information, but really importantly, keep those conversations going at home. Do anything that you can to support and strengthen your connectedness and communication with your child. That can get more difficult as they get into their teens.

“So, making and taking opportunities to have conversations. Making that conversation a comfortable conversation that you can both come back to as and when either of you need to. And making sure that you don’t do anything to shut that down, which is very easy to do as a parent. It’s easy to panic. It’s easy to lecture. It needs to be an ongoing conversation, because it’s an ongoing risk for your children.”“It’s kind of counter-intuitive.

“There has been a lot of research done into what works and what doesn’t work in drugs education and shock tactics are something that doesn’t work. They will know people who are taking stuff and are not dropping dead. So it’s unrealistic.”“Help your child understand why decision-making can be difficult in their adolescence, and help them develop strategies to manage risk safely. Navigating risk in your teenage years is just the hardest time of your life.

“There are all sorts of critical changes going on in their brain that means thinking things through, managing risk, managing your emotions and impulses is very hard. Your friends can play an enormous role in the decisions you make. It’s easy to say, ‘it’s avoidable’ - but the world of teenagers is very different from the world of their parents. You don’t know what you don’t know as a parent.”“Start with your GP. Find your local young person’s treatment service.

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