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Talking to Your Teen About Drugs: Why Magic Words Fail Us

Joseph Lee M.D. on April 23, 2013

...Parents who invest in their family culture can draw from those investments in times of need. Parents without such investments often use the same words, the same phrases, and similar approaches with far less success. It’s like that Dog Whisperer show where the owners are saying the right things, but their dog keeps pooping on the carpet...

...Parents who invest in their family culture can draw from those investments in times of need. Parents without such investments often use the same words, the same phrases, and similar approaches with far less success. It’s like that Dog Whisperer show where the owners are saying the right things, but their dog keeps pooping on the carpet...