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Monitoring Skills

Monitoring Skills

You Matter. You Can Influence Your Child’s Behavior.

"Always have your kids check in, know who they are with and where they are going to be, and wait for them to come home at night." -- A Parent.


For more insight from parents, listen to these interviews or participate in our community area.

Know where your teen is and what he or she will be doing during unsupervised time.

Research shows that teens with unsupervised time are three times more likely to use marijuana or other drugs. Unsupervised teens are also more likely to engage in risky behaviors such as underage drinking, sexual activity, and cigarette smoking than other teens. More

 

Get more monitoring tips:

Make Clear Rules

Talk With Your Kids

Learn to Listen

 

Praise Positive Behavior

Be a Good Role Model

Be More Involved

 
Get more monitoring tips

The Anti-Drug Parenting Tips Newsletter
The Anti-Drug Parenting Tips Newsletter

Subscribers to this newsletter will receive periodic
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parenting tips and strategies that can be used to ensure that your child remains healthy and drug-free.
A How-To Guide for Parents and Caregivers

Keeping Your Kids Drug-Free: A How-to Guide for Parents and Caregivers

This brochure discusses challenges parents face, how parents can influence their kids, opportunites for starting a discussion and what parents can do and say to keep their children drug-free.

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Wake Up to the Risks of Marijuana - brochure

Wake Up to the Risks of Marijuana: A Guide for Parents

Research has shown that many parents today are ambivalent about marijuana and consider it to be relatively risk-free. This informative pamphlet serves as a wake-up call for parents to let them know that youth marijuana use is riskier than they think.

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call (800) 788-2800