Preventing Your Child From Smoking Cigarettes And Drinking Alcohol

July 30, 2009 | Category:Parenting | Author: aydancorkern

The biggest concern for any parent is keeping their child safe from things that can harm them. You worry about strangers abducting them, even though it is not very likely this will happen, you warn them about the dangers of them anyway. You teach them not to go into the deep end of a pool until they can swim adequately. When they are small you keep things like knives or scissors out of their reach so they can not get to them. You help them with their homework so they will have a good education. You pay close attention to the friends they hang out with as they become teenagers. The one thing that some parents do not take seriously enough is smoking or drinking in front of them.

These two things can do far more harm to your kids than you might ever think. If you smoke and drink in front of your children, you are predisposing them to two things that that severely damage them in the future. They might even begin one or both of these bad habits before they even reach their teenage years. You might never have thought you would have to worry about your ten or twelve year old trying cigarettes or alcohol, but the truth is that when these things are kept in the home around children, this is often where they can try them first.

If a parent chooses to drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes, it is of course their own business as adults, the only problem with your exercising your right as an adult is when your kids are around you, you are a normally the biggest influence in their life. Would you like to know that you are the one who caused your child to start drinking or smoking at a very early age. When a child sees their parent dealing with their problems or trying to have a good time by smoking tobacco or drinking alcohol, it can send a signal to the child that this must be an effective method.

If you smoke, at least have sense enough to not do it in front of your children. The last thing you want is for them to grow up and smoke too, if it takes that long for them to start. Drinking alcohol is no way to solve any problem and if they decide to try it because you did it in front of them, you do not know what other things it could lead them into like drug abuse. Smoking and drinking are sometimes the first steps into drug abuse. This is definitely something you do not want on your conscience as a parent. Protecting your child starts at home, just make sure you are not the one causing the harm.

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