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<blockquote data-quote="JJJ" data-source="post: 553963" data-attributes="member: 1169"><p>I used to think that kids who did drugs just had parents who did not care. Now I know better. While parents can lower the risk by talking with their kids, my being involved in their lives, by enrolling them in positive activities, by living in lower-risk communities, etc, even the child with the best parents can still end up on drugs, if they are hard-wired for addiction, they will find the drugs. </p><p></p><p>As Janet said, there are success stories on the board. They may not have achieved the dreams that we had for them but they are doing okay. Kanga is about to turn 18 -- she made it to adulthood without getting pregnant, without criminal charges and without a substance abuse problem. No one would have thought that was possible when she was 13. </p><p></p><p>I've met several difficult children in real life who were horrid through their childhood and teens but are now successful adults.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JJJ, post: 553963, member: 1169"] I used to think that kids who did drugs just had parents who did not care. Now I know better. While parents can lower the risk by talking with their kids, my being involved in their lives, by enrolling them in positive activities, by living in lower-risk communities, etc, even the child with the best parents can still end up on drugs, if they are hard-wired for addiction, they will find the drugs. As Janet said, there are success stories on the board. They may not have achieved the dreams that we had for them but they are doing okay. Kanga is about to turn 18 -- she made it to adulthood without getting pregnant, without criminal charges and without a substance abuse problem. No one would have thought that was possible when she was 13. I've met several difficult children in real life who were horrid through their childhood and teens but are now successful adults. [/QUOTE]
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