Both of these books will be available online at Amazon and Barnes and Noble as well
as the author's website in October of 2008. We're talking about our children and trying
to help them live to actually become adults. We'd talk to the other parents.
We kept on top of the drug scene and shared our information and our feelings
with our kids. Or, another friend will come by the child's bedroom window and
sell him drugs. It's the "oh mom please don't embarrass me by calling Georgie's
parents. It packs a powerful punch and speaks to kids in their own language.I am
a retired medical transcriptionist and radio DJ who also did voiceovers for TV. We
had open dialogue about drugs. Married, with one living son, having lost my youngest son
Scott, who was a paramedic and an RN to the disease of addiction. I am
originally from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and am a citizen of both Australia and the US.
Whether or not you agree with Hillary Rodham Clinton's premise that "It takes a village
to raise a child," it makes sense that an army of concerned parents can be
much more effective than one set of hapless, frustrated parents in this battle for our
children's future and their very lives.Sheryl Letzgus McGinnis is the author of the book "I
Am Your Disease (The Many Faces of Addiction)" published by Outskirts Press. We did everything
you're supposed to do to raise drug-free children. They have to grow up and
earn those rights and it's our job to help them get there and if that
means snooping through their drawers, listening in on phone conversations, drug testing, whatever it takes,
then so be it.This sounds awful on the surface. requin tn If that were today, we'd put
an alarm on our son's door and window. My oldest son Dale is a graduate
student in Environmental Sciences and has his own band, New Gravity.We live in Palm Bay,
Florida. Heroin was an "inner city" problem, and didn't even enter our mind that good
kids from the right side of the tracks would soon get derailed by drugs.We have
to reach them while they're still on the vine. It's so hard to fight
this battle alone. And one important way to help is to network with other parents,
enlist their support, and be vigilant in keeping in touch with each other. Because Georgie
is also telling his parents that he's spending the night with Goody Two Shoes and
if parents don't check up and keep in contact with each other, then the kids
can take off and roam the streets and do drugs. But, still you have
to let them have a life and when they walk out your front door, you
have absolutely no control over what they do.The sleepovers are particularly dangerous. The Addiction Monster
and the Square Cat is a wonderfully educational book for kids ages 10 and up
and is told by the sassy but lovable family cat. Good kids do drugs
too! So the key is to have all the parents let their children know
that they will be drug tested. We'd do things so much differently and we
would definitely talk to them about drugs starting at age 10. But how bad will
you feel if the unimaginable happens and you look back and realize that you didn't
do all that you could to prevent your child's death?...that you were too concerned with
their "rights" and chaussures puma not concerned enough about their life.That said, we did all that with
our son and he still died. Just because their friends are using drugs, does not
make them bad kids. You can read about, and purchase the book at Amazon and
Barnes and Noble as well as the author's website - http://www.iamyourdisease.com Sheryl's two latest books
are Slaying the Addiction Monster - An All-Inclusive Look into Drug Addiction in America Today
and The Addiction Monster and the Square Cat. You can't just take your child's
word that he's spending the night with Georgie Goody Goody and trust that all will
be well. We taught by example. There is so much more information out there
now. I lived through that. All kids need to know that their parents are
fighting for their very lives and their future.We're not talking about adults here. I
know that. Nobody wants to be a cop to their child. We let them
know that using drugs would not be tolerated. Believe me, my husband and I
wished many times that we could chain our son to the middle of the living
room floor! Living with an addicted child is frustrating beyond belief and parents are desperate
to help their kids.I know my husband and I know a lot more about drugs
today than when we were raising our 2 boys. Happily married for 42 years to
Jack, retired 8th grade science teacher. BUT...you can't keep an eye on your child
24/7, unless you're like that wacko in England who locked his daughter and grandkids up
in the basement. If they were, then our own kids wouldn't feel so "dorky"
when they tell their friends that they can't do drugs or their parents will drug
test them. I'll look like a nerd. Every parent of every child should
be engaged in this war. I do not believe that children have the same
rights as adults. I'm not saying that our son's situation would have turned out differently
but I know now that we would have been even more determined, more on top
of things. And no kid wants to lose his friends and be ostracized by others.
But this is exactly when we have to use all of our parental tools,
right in the very beginning, when they start going out on their own.Also with both
parents working and needing sleep, you put your child to bed, only to have that
child sneak out his bedroom window and hook up with other friends. We listened to
what our kids were saying. Yes, we experienced all these things. Back when we
were raising our boys, there was no crack cocaine when they were 10. Why don't
you trust me?" and on and on and on.Well in the beginning you do trust
them because they haven't given you a reason not to...or at least not a reason
of which you are aware. It's one thing to talk to our children about drugs
but a lot of the trouble is that other parents are not as diligent about
talking to their kids about drugs and telling them of the consequences. If their
friends could say the same thing this would really help because we all know how
intense, peer pressure is.Kids do not want to be different! So if they're the lone
beacon in a sea of drug using kids, they will be ridiculed. We are owned
by one dog and four cats!.
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