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Being a parent is never an easy job, this is especially so when your child is in their teenage years. Teenagers are well known for their stubbornness, mood swings, sullenness and constant challenging of authority. Truth be told, it’s a difficult time for both parents and children.

Because your teenager is going through such a turbulent time in their life, there is always the risk of them falling prey to peer pressure. Peer pressure is one of the major causes of teenagers turning to drug abuse. Here are some signs to look out for that may indicate your teen is using drugs:

A Sudden Decline in School Work: If you start noticing a sudden drop in your child’s grades, this could be a sign that there is something wrong and warrants further investigation. Contact your child’s teachers to try to find out why this is happening. Continue reading ‘Signs of Drug Abuse to Look Out For in Your Teen’ »

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Whether it is cigarette smoking, alcohol, drugs like marijuana or hard drugs like cocaine and heroin, parents finding out their teen has been involved in teen drug abuse can feel quite disoriented. This is especially true for some parents who have otherwise remained in a drug free environment to date, since they may find themselves at a loss to understand what their teen might be going through.

Continue reading ‘Advice For Parents Dealing With Teen Drug Use’ »

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Drug addiction is an equal-opportunity disease, affecting people regardless of race, color or creed, teenage is a difficult, most confused time of life for every individual, when the youngsters are on the choice of making their own decisions and the advice of parents and elders are least sought. There are thousands of teenagers in the world who have become prey to drugs. Indifferences amongst parents and elders are often seen and are reflected through their lifestyles.

Continue reading ‘The Role of Parents in The Teen Drug Rehab Process’ »

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It used to be that kids would join little league teams excited to play baseball, football and hockey. Young boys all over the country had dreams of being the next Mickey Mantle or Roger Staubauch. These days, as kids innocently join teams ready to begin their dream of becoming a professional in their chosen sport, and as parents cheer from the stands hoping that their little one doesn’t get hurt, the pressure to be bigger, faster and stronger than the other guy gets harder to ignore.

With professional sports contracts paying out millions of dollars for each player every year, a kid’s dreams can bring him fame and a pretty big fortune. But only if he is successful at beating out every other kid with the same dream. Out of the 1,500 or so active professional football players, there are maybe millions of kids who dream of being a great pro quarterback. With those odds, kids, sometimes coaches, and sometimes even parents begin looking for an edge for their child. Even though they are illegal to use more and more kids are turning to steroids to give them the edge they are looking for.

Steroids are hormone drugs that make athletes stronger and more muscular. This is an obvious advantage on the football field. Kids realize that their high school sports years are when college recruiters are going to make offers to the best players to play on a college team. Being recruited by a major college means that the player will get not only a free ride scholarship to the college but will play on a great team and then maybe get a job on a pro team. This is true for high school baseball, soccer, and hockey team players too. Kids are sometimes introduced to steroids as young as junior high school and sometimes the pressure to be the best makes the steroids too hard to resist. Also, some kids are given silent permission to use steroids by their coaches and parents because these adults may recognize the signs that a teen is using steroids but not do anything about it. Continue reading ‘Steroids in Youth Sports’ »

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