
The Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse, or CASA, has released a new report entitled “National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XIII: Teens and Parents”. The group, headed by Joseph Califano, focused this year on “Problem Parents”:
This year’s survey uncovered “problem parents,” who increase the likelihood that their 12- to 17- year olds will smoke, drink, get drunk and use illegal and prescription drugs, because of their failure to:
- Monitor their children’s leaving their home and hanging out on school nights (Monday through Thursday).
- Safeguard their dangerous and addictive prescription drugs, like painkillers and stimulants, from their children.
- Address the problem of drugs in their children’s school.
- Set good examples.
The report notes that 46% of 12-to-17-year-olds report going out of the home on “school nights”, but that only 14% of parents think their teens are going out on school nights.
Perhaps we need to revive the old public service announcement that used to run on television, “It’s 10:00 p.m., do you know where your child is?”
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Topics:
CASA,
Joseph Califano,
teens
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