How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid: The Straight Dope for Parents
"Teens and college students are surrounded by drugs and alcohol, in school, at play, even at home. As a physician specializing in adolescents, I know that since they have to deal with this problem, then as a parent so do you.How to Raise a Drug-Free Kidprovides the practical advice and information that every parent needs. If you read only one book, this is the one." -- Ralph I. Lopez, MD, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell and author ofThe Teen Health Book: A Parent's Guide to Adolescent Health and Well-Being"A parent's tool box for today. An invaluable primer to help you help your children navigate the difficult and contradictory messages about drugs and alcohol." -- Jamie Lee Curtis, mother, author of children's books and actress"A must read for all parents to learn new ways to help their children grow up safe and drug free. Through its 9 facets of parental engagement, Joseph Califano'sHow to Raise a Drug-Free Kidgives parents proven, practical ways to constructively engage in the lives of their children and to use their "Parent Power" in order to be their child's strongest positive influence." -- Chuck Saylors, President, National PTA"Numerous studies show both the influence parents can have on their teens' behavior and the problems they have in exerting it. This wise, practical and well written book gives them the tools they need. I enthusiastically recommend it to parents." -- Herbert D. Kleber, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Division on Substance Abuse, Columbia University