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>maybe your child saw through the dogma, of how there >parents didn't think for themslf. > >you do you propose that those things are doing all the >right things? > >are you a bigot? >you were in that for that long and just pedled through >them with the jumbled words you read out of some >boook, ??? who are you people, oh yea, the majority, >that is now loosing the war on what you call drugs, >why is the last front that people have to face, their >own mind? >what free country, does not let a person explore thier >own mind... > >weak minded book worms?? > > > > > > > > > > >>Having worked with children and families for 38 years >>and having been involved with the field of substance >>use and treatment for over 12 years, I can safely say >>that not all children who use drugs do so because >>their parents didn't care about them, eat dinner with >>them, talk to them or take them to church. There are >>parents who do everything right but they have a child >>who makes a bad decision or who has a brain disorder >>(mental health issue) that hasn't been appropriately >>addressed by the medical community. It is too >>simplified to place the blame for all substance use on >>bad parenting. Yes, there are parents who don't care >>about their children. Yes, there are parents with poor >>parenting skills. Yes, parents make mistakes. Not >>every child who grows up in a dysfunctional household >>abuses drugs. Many make it through adolescence quite >>fine in spite of lousy parents. Just like many >>adolescents growing up in a loving and attentive >>household use drugs. It's simply overstated, untrue >>and without merit to blame parents for everything a >>child does wrong.

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