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Show Parents, where are your children? "Parents, it's 10 o'clock, do you know where your children are?" Every age of man has sought the exierj of escape from tension ten-sion and unhappiness. The wish for a magic pill or ' potion is universal BUT the painful difference today is the crariii for escape the daiujeraii route of oblivian exists for Ok first time in the YOUTH ( our society. This segment i life should be the most esgg to meet rather than to Am perience. Springville Youth Coma Committee Marie Johnson, chairman Many fingers have pointed at parental permissiveness as a cause of the self-indulgence of today's youth. What is often lacking in homes CONSISTENCY CONSIS-TENCY unchanging standards stand-ards for how children should behave some parents believe that you have to let kids do what they want to, or they will get depressed or neurotic some parents are also afraid their children won't love them if they put restrictions on them. No on-; can say definitely who will not become addict BUT parents cannot be absolved absolv-ed from the responsibility of maintaining a working relationship rela-tionship with their children the strongest deterrent to drug abuse. What makes "pot" and other drugs accessible for the young is affluence, very simply teenagers teen-agers have the money to buy the stuff. And what makes it attractive is that, it has become be-come forbidden, dangerous and therefor more exciting and enticing. en-ticing. If you know your child and if he is functioning adequate ade-quate for his age level living liv-ing up to his responsibilitis generally doing his homewoik and seems to be hiving a happy hap-py life all around there is nothing to worry about But if he has frequent loud bursts .if laughter, highly emotional, shifting moods, excessive cry ing, frightened and unresponsible unrespon-sible then you parents are on the brink of a very serious problem. As a parent and to combat com-bat a narcotics problem you have local medical, and law enforcement en-forcement help. Individual help through workshops with frank discussions. Contact your youth council committee if you are in need of help. |