Being a "Good" Parents may make your child use drugs!

It true! Being a good parent may make your kid more likely to use drugs, drink alcohol, or smoke--that is, if you (the parent) use drugs, drink alcohol, or smoke.

Researchers Andrews, Hops, and Duncan found that kids who have good relationships with their parents are more likely to use drugs if those parents use drugs themselves. In contrast, kids with poor relationships with their parents are less likely to emulated the parent's bad behavior.

What does it all mean? If you don't want your child doing drugs, drinking, or smoking then you must:

(a) continue to use yourself but make them dislike you; or
(b) stop using and do whatever you can to promote a good relationship with your kids!

Andrews, J., Hops, H., & Duncan, S. Journal of Family Therapy. Reported in Family