Alexandria officials have produced a video that will be distributed to parents this fall through bookstores, libraries and PTAs. It's a preventable problem, and we really believe that we can accomplish more together with the parents. Parents do need to do more. Some Fairfax parents said part of the problem is that parents who once used drugs may be reluctant to chastise their children for doing the same thing. Children are not stupid.
Children learn by what they see their parents doing and saying.
They can tell how you really feel about things. Drug specialists say parents who have smoked marijuana should tell their children that the drug is much more powerful now and the health risk far greater. But they said the schools face a daunting challenge in trying to spark conversations about drugs between parents and children. What happens is, we don't want our children to do drugs.