The person has not begun to use drugs but favorable attitudes toward use are beginning to develop. What You Can Do What parents and friends say and do about drugs matters a lot when it comes to the choices people make.
Children learn by example.
They adopt the values we demonstrate through our actions. As they grow, they're impressed by our concern for others when we bring soup to a sick neighbor and by our honesty when we admit making a rnistake. Children who decide not to use alcohol or other drugs often make this decision because they have strong convictions against the use of these substances, convictions based on a value system. You can make your family's values clear by explaining why you choose a particular course of action and how that choice reflects your values. Concrete examples like these make the abstract issue of values come alive.