Today’s teens and children face substance use hazards that no other generation in history have ever had to encounter! Teenage substance use/abuse has always been a concern for parents, but the present dangers include a daunting task for any parent. Here are just a few dangers happening right now:
- An On-going Opioid Epidemic: The resurgence of heroin, Fentanyl is fastest growing opioid drug, and pain pills are still prescribed 150,000,000 times a year.
- Over prescription of Benzodiazepines: There is an overprescribing of benzodiazepines (Xanax, Valium) in the country.
- Legalization of Marijuana: Legalizing marijuana has increased its availability in the country. (Vapes, Recreational Use).
- Potency and Concentration: The Potency of marijuana and the concentration of marijuana oils and waxes has increased addiction tendencies as well as increased mental health issues in teens and children.
- Designer Drugs: Synthetic marijuana is available in local convenience stores and advertised to young people (K-2, Spice), Bath Salts, Flakka, MDMA (Ecstasy), Methamphetamine (cheaper and more powerful than ever before), Rohypnol & GHB (Known as date rape drugs), LSD, Ketamine (animal tranquilizer).
The struggle for parents to protect, support, and help their children! Is very real, in today’s ever growing substance use/abuse problems in teenagers and children. Parents don’t know what or how they are supposed to protect their families from teenage and child substance use/abuse concerns or problems!
With that being said! There is help for parents when trying to deal with teenage and children substance use/abuse concerns or problems.
MindClub America can help parents learn proven skills and techniques to help their children, families, and themselves deal with substance use/abuse concerns or problems. The Parent Inner Circle program has been created specifically to help parents deal with these concerns. The Parent Inner Circles program is a proven program to help parents and their families deal with the struggles associated with substance use/abuse. All Parent Inner Circles are led by a qualified and trained counselor who specializes in helping parents gain trust and connection with their children and family members. The counselor provides insight on how to recognize substance use/abuse in teenagers/children and provides evidence-based interventions to help the whole family. The Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) approach teaches parents how to better communicate, have better boundaries as a family, and to have better relationships with their children and family as a whole. This all done with the support from other families and trained professionals.
MindClub America has a passion and believes in helping parents be the foundation for their children. Please click the link to see how the power of joining a Parent Inner Circle can help with supporting You and your children. No person or family should have to deal with struggles alone and MindClub America understands that parents need support as much as anyone else.