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12 Proven Ways to Keep your Kids Away from Drugs, Drinking and Sex
These 12 ways sound simple, but they're effective, so do your
best to do the entire dozen to Keep your Kids Away from Drugs, Drinking and Sex
- Monitor what your children watch on TV.
- Monitor
what they do on the Internet.
- Put
restrictions on the music they buy and listen to.
- Know
where your kids are after school and on weekends. Know their friends
and their friends' parents.
- Expect
to be told the truth by your kids about where they really are going.
- Be
"very aware" of your child's academic performance.
- Impose
a curfew.
- Make
it clear to your child that you will not tolerate the use of alcohol,
marijuana, cigarettes, drugs and having sex .
- Eat
dinner with your children several times per week.
- Turn
off the TV during dinner.
- Assign
regular chores.
- Have
an adult present when your child returns from school or from being out
with friends.
Based on research and findings of The National
Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University.
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