Parents' Resources

What Parents Can Do Show your children how you want them to behave. Children learn by watching you. If you want your children to read, let them see you reading. If you want your children to stay calm when angry, then you stay calm when you are angry. View discipline as a way to teach, not as punishment. Children learn from their mistakes, but they need to know what to do instead. Establish rules and routines and follow them consistently. Hug your children to let them know you think they're special and that you love them without reservation. Stay Informed! Drugs like Meth are gaining wide use. Read more Here.

Facing Your Family

Confronting a family member about a life-controlling issue isn’t easy, especially if you’re not sure if your love one has a problem. The wrong approach could create unnecessary tension, but not addressing the issue could allow the problem to grow unchecked. What do you do? We’ve filled the website with information you can use to learn more about addiction - but more important we’ve opened our doors at our Teen Challenge Georgia International office to consult with people like you, people who want to make a positive change. Changing your life situation can be as simple as making a call, or reaching out to a helping hand. Remember it cost you nothing to contact us, but it can mean everything to to the lives of the people you love.

When children start using drugs they usually exhibit many different signs which parents need to watch out for. Unfortunately, many parents often write-off these signs as normal adolescent behavior and as a result they don't realize that their child is into drugs until it is too late. So how can you as a parent know for sure whether or not your child is in danger of falling into drugs? Simple ... by understanding that every child is in danger of this. The parent who says "not my kid" is the same parent who will miss all the signs that their child has started experimenting with drugs. Often they will stay in this state of denial till their son or daughter is arrested or overdoses -- and by then it is too late. So what should you as parents be looking for as signs that your child is experimenting with drugs or alcohol. Learn more.