for your kids like they do in public school? other than telling them not to do drugs, i wondered if you went into a more in depth study. if so, is there something off the internet to use or a book/workbook you recommend? thanks
I haven't done a "say no to drugs" curriculum. Last year my 10th grader did Alpha Omega health and a drug unit was covered. It discussed all the different kinds of drugs, good and bad, and what effect they had on a person. Mostly I just engage in conversation with my boys when the time seems appropriate. For example, a lot of our conversations about alcohol have come up from the ads that are on when they're watching sports.
We hadn't really concentrated on a formal "Say no to drugs" program but because drug houses are prevalent in this community, we are seriously considering it now. Andrew actually had his brand new bike (along with hubby's - whose bike was older) stolen a week after it was bought right out of our door yard while we were at church one Sunday by someone who wanted to sell it for drugs - not a good scene. I do know that the Alpha-Omega currirculum covers that unit, however I really believe a child needs to learn about it sooner than at grade 10. Once upon a time, that age level would have been fine, but it seems that these dope's are pushing the drugs at a much younger age level now. And I really think that it's important for children to know the difference between prescription drugs and street drugs - we have had to have that discussion because they're all on meds (and I'm told that Ritalin is one of the more common/hot selling ones :x . Brenda
don't do drugs curr I've a high school friend whom I use as a poster boy for the "this is what drinking and dope will get you". He has limited fingers, slurred speech, balance problems......etc(from SEVERAL car/motorcycle wrecks) I try to stress the impact that dope/drinking have had on his life and on his parents. The town drunk serves as a good visual as well.
We have some poster kids for drinking and drugs too. My boys laugh at those who waste their time and energy drinking and doing drugs so our talking to them and them seeing the stoners in town they know what they "don't" want to be like!
Hmm.... haven't really thought about that one :? . I don't think that Poppet even knows what "drugs" or alcohol are.... Smoking cigarettes, on the other hand, is a nasty habit that she is aware of (most of her daddy's family smoke), and has been counseled about and against :wink:.
We have talked to our kids a ton about drugs. There are meth labs all over around here and constantly on the news/radio about some being busted. They know the difference between taking a pain pill because I have to and someone who takes a pain pill to feel good. We have also talked to them about alcohol, but I would assume that our talks are going to be different then others'. We have taught ours that it is not the alcohol that is bad it is people who abuse it and get drunk that is wrong. You can have the occasional drink you are just not supposed to get drunk. They know that we have wine around our house (yes locked up) and they know that we don't drink very often or have ever gotten drunk. We have taught them the difference there. Cigarettes was easy. I found a x-ray that showed healthy lungs versus lungs that had smoked for years. That was enough for both my kids. They saw there how destructive it could be. A lot of dh's family has been told to stop smoking or they would die. Along with my grandfather...who didn't listen.
I don't think we'll do a unit on it. I figured I might somewhere along the line but now I doubt it. I talk to my kids quite a bit on drugs. I have books that we will read. We also get things like magazines, newspapers and Weekly Readers & such that cover this topic. We also discuss it when we see something on TV that confronts drugs or drug abuse. I think we have it covered for now. I think those "No to Drugs" programs are pretty plain and simple. They educate the child to know the difference between a good drug and a bad drug. They tell what will happen to someone who takes drugs that the dr doesn't prescribe. The program was probably designed to educate the children that the parents didn't spend any time talking about this subject.
I have my children ( 2 dd's ages 7 and 9) watch the TV show "Cops". They see what drugs/alcohol does to people and the crimes that people commit because of that and also what happens to you when you commit those crimes (ie: arrested and put in jail). They do not find the show scary or anything like that ( they really enjoy the show) but they have a healthy respect for the law, they see what a hard job police officers have and that drugs/alcohol and crime never pays!!
