Parenting advice for talking to your kids about drugs

Research from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America shows that kids who learn a lot about the risks of drugs from their parents are up to 50% less likely to use. The Partnership's "Time To Talk" is an online resource for parents that provides free, easy-to-use, research-based tools and tips to help start the conversation with their kids about the risks of drugs and alcohol and keep it going over the long haul. Visit timetotalk.org for more tools and talk tips.

Great advice. One talking point that a parent who has been down the road of kids and drugs offered me is to be honest about that fact that drugs can make you feel good, but be sure to counter that with the reality that the long term consequences of taking drugs are disastrous. I think that a brutally honest and constant conversation about the reality of drugs and how to not cave to the pressure to do drugs is so important.