To prevent(warn) his(her) children of the problems of drug

SWISS INSTITUTE OF PREVENTION OF THE ALCOHOLISM AND the OTHER DRUG ADDICTION

As most of the relatives(parents), you are worried by the problem of the drug

You ask questions on this subject?

You try to adopt a preventive attitude with your children?

Through concrete examples, this small guide will give you some tracks to help you.

As you, we are convinced that the prevention of the drug addiction begins in the family, in the relation among adults and children, through the intensification of the respect of one.

The results of recent studies demonstrate him(it) clearly: the more the prevention begins early, the more it is effective.

It is not necessarily necessary to be a specialist of the drug addiction to approach this subject with your children.

The main part is somewhere else, in the dialogue, in the listening, the mutual confidence.

It is in gestures and words of every day when you go to weave a relation allowing you to prevent(warn) the problems of drug.

You wish that your child succeeds in the life, that he develops his intelligence, his talents and his competence, which he finds then a work which pleases him(her).

Please , do not forget however that the school pressure is already strong and that certain children do not manage to face it.

A child can have the feeling for which one asks him(her) too much, that he is not in his place at the school.

It(he) risks to depreciate, even to crack(fail) psychologically.

To you to support your child, to give him(her) confidence.

When the behavior of your child is manifestly disturbing this could mean a problem of drug.

However, there is no evident sign which marks sharply the beginning of a consumption or a turned out dependence, nor any indication shows that an individual is on drugs.

Facts as striking as decline of school performances inexplicable, small flights(thefts) or still repeated delinquent acts are not necessarily a sign of consumption of drug or dependence.

Such problems of behavior can also have links with the puberty or other temporary difficulties (for example of the overwork or the loving disappointment).

The best way of knowing him(it) consists in speaking directly with your child of this major concern.