Timeout, mom and dad! Stop before you start. The chances of a parent having to help their child through addiction are on the rise. Charlotte is among the cities with the fastest growing number of heroin users age 25 and under. What should parents prepare for? And what actions should they avoid when their child…
Your child is under the legal drinking age, and they’re drinking alcohol. What do you do? Learning how to handle an underage drinker is as important as learning how and when to educate your child about alcohol. And here’s how you can handle it: Step #1: Determine the Facts How do you know your child…
What if your child is struggling with addiction? How do you as a parent help? Your instinct is to fix it. If you could snap your fingers and erase it, you would. But that’s not how life works. Actions generate consequences, and sometimes they hurt. Substance abuse often leads to addiction, and if you’re a…
Surviving parenthood is a lot like surviving war, except there aren’t any rules of combat or textbook strategies. There’s no how to guide to follow, and the world is full of self-help books from so-called parenting experts. The tactics implemented to parent are often the most creative plans you’ll ever engineer. Some work. Some don’t….