It is very important today that parents do not put prescription medications in the medicine cabinet. Many kids are abusing these drugs. They even go over to their friend's house and go in their medicine cabinet. So keep meds in a safe place.

 

Parents be mindful of the fact that your child may be influenced by kids who do not have their best interest at heart. The information that is being shared on MySpace and Facebook could be detrimental to your well-being. We are reminded of a situation whereby four young ladies were suspended from school. They were suppose to attend a dance that Saturday. The parents all agreed that they could not go. One of the young ladies had received information on My Space that could have truly been detrimental to the parents. She was told that if she wanted to get out of the house, just drug her parents with the date rape drug Rohypnol. This drug will have an individual knocked out for a minimum of 4 hours. These young ladies got a hold of pills and drugged their parents and went to the dance. Now, hypothetically, what if the house caught fire and the parents could not wake up. These young ladies wreckless regard for their parents could have been disastrous.  So they went to the party. One of the girls, being only 14 years of age, stole the car! So they attended the party and returned home like nothing ever happened. The only way they ended up getting caught was one of the girls was bragging to a friend about what they did. It got back to the parents. Once they verified that the girls were indeed at the dance, they could not believe how and why they did it. A very scary and dangerous situation. Parents please beware.

 

Today technology has gone to another level. There are so many new and exciting gadgets coming out, Parents cant keep up with them. Unfortunately kids have been accessing websites that show them how to beat the system. There are numerous sites out there that are telling kids how to consume alcohol without anyone ever suspecting it. You have the CapriSuns and Fruitopia drinks that are now being laced with alcohol. A parent would never know that there child was drinking. You have the candy bars laced wih marijuana. So be mindful of what your child brings home to drink or eat. It could be laced with alcohol or marijuana.