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14 Yr Old Daughter on the fringe.
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 490995" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Actually, drug screens aren't perfect. There are drugs that don't show up, and the kids know which ones they are. in my opinion the best possible explanation for your daughter's turnabout is drug use, since she was a good student before and is suddenly slipping. Have you ever checked her room when she wasn't there? Her cell phone? Her FB? It's important to know if she is using drugs or hanging with kids that do because that's a problem that escalates. If you can stop it early, that's best. We could not...but I still urge others to try while they still have some legal control over them. Drug abuse is often in the DNA. You are more apt to be an alcoholic or drug addict if your bio. family had problems that way. And, honestly, every thing about your daughter's behavior screams "drugs." Of course, I don't know for sure, but she is sure exhibiting the signs. Here is a good article about drug use and how to spot it. For us, the only thing that would apply in the following link were the behavioral issues. She never had track marks or looked flushed or anything, but she wasn't injecting drugs either and she did it mostly at night, when we were sleeping...it is still a worthy article.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.drugfreeaz.org/node/105" target="_blank">http://www.drugfreeaz.org/node/105</a></p><p></p><p>For our teens, an easy way to deal with a so-called "bad" background, such as divorce, is to find other kids who had the same stuff going on and then to self-medicate with drugs. My daughter did this. There was no clue before her drug use began that she would ever abuse drugs, but a divorce and a move away from her home town made her depressed and lonely and drugs was a way to belong somewhere, albeit not to a good crowd of kids. Soon the drugs became the #1 problem in her life...and ours. She started at twelve. We hadn't a clue until she was fourteen and got busted. Can we all say "stupid, clueless parents????" Altogether now....that was us.</p><p></p><p> (Sigh) I'm sorry things are tough. I know how it is (too well). Hugs!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 490995, member: 1550"] Actually, drug screens aren't perfect. There are drugs that don't show up, and the kids know which ones they are. in my opinion the best possible explanation for your daughter's turnabout is drug use, since she was a good student before and is suddenly slipping. Have you ever checked her room when she wasn't there? Her cell phone? Her FB? It's important to know if she is using drugs or hanging with kids that do because that's a problem that escalates. If you can stop it early, that's best. We could not...but I still urge others to try while they still have some legal control over them. Drug abuse is often in the DNA. You are more apt to be an alcoholic or drug addict if your bio. family had problems that way. And, honestly, every thing about your daughter's behavior screams "drugs." Of course, I don't know for sure, but she is sure exhibiting the signs. Here is a good article about drug use and how to spot it. For us, the only thing that would apply in the following link were the behavioral issues. She never had track marks or looked flushed or anything, but she wasn't injecting drugs either and she did it mostly at night, when we were sleeping...it is still a worthy article. [URL]http://www.drugfreeaz.org/node/105[/URL] For our teens, an easy way to deal with a so-called "bad" background, such as divorce, is to find other kids who had the same stuff going on and then to self-medicate with drugs. My daughter did this. There was no clue before her drug use began that she would ever abuse drugs, but a divorce and a move away from her home town made her depressed and lonely and drugs was a way to belong somewhere, albeit not to a good crowd of kids. Soon the drugs became the #1 problem in her life...and ours. She started at twelve. We hadn't a clue until she was fourteen and got busted. Can we all say "stupid, clueless parents????" Altogether now....that was us. (Sigh) I'm sorry things are tough. I know how it is (too well). Hugs! [/QUOTE]
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