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The most powerful anti-drug message may start at the dinner table
Personal, one-to-one conversations can be much more effective than broadcast messaging. Why aren’t more people having them?
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Youths likely encounter drug references long before most parents imagine they do, say the writers. Can their parents get to them first?
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Tan Chong Huat and Tracy Loh
“As a parent, I’m afraid if I expose him to this, he might go and look for it – and then it defeats the purpose,” a father shared in a recent survey on drugs.
Many parents hesitate over talking about drugs with their children, fearing the conversation might backfire and instead spark curiosity about illicit substances and tip their children into trying them out. Yet, nothing could be further from the truth.
