Telling children to say ‘no’
may not be all that is needed

PARENTS CONCERNED
about protecting their
children from drugs may
need to do more than tell
them to ‘‘just say no.”’

Children may know they should
say no to drugs, but be unable to
resist the temptations and
pressures,

Children need to be drug-
proofed by developing attitudes
that make drugs unattractive.
Young people get invelved with
drugs for a variety of predictable
reasons, and parents can im-
munize them against drugs with
early training.

Parents and other adults can
help children to develop the fol-
lowing skills:

@ Happiness skills

With today’s pressures, it can
be difficult for younger people to
feel good about themselves and
have healthy fun.

Helping them to have a good

self-image, and teaching them
how to resolve problems in con-
structive ways, prevents their
needing drugs to escape bad feel-
ings.

Playing with kids and finding
ways to have healthy fun provides
them with alternatives to using
drugs for amusement.

@ Thinking skills

Making good decisions often
isn’t easy for children. When a
friend says, ‘this stuff won't hurt
you,’” kids have to decide if the
friend might be wrong, and
whether taking the drug is worth
the risk.

Good thinking skills require
getting accurate information.
Children also need experience in
using information to make good
choices.

Without the facts and good
thinking skills, a child may find it
easier just to say OK.

@ Social Skills

Kids can get involved with

drugs simply because their friends

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