" Role Model"

More and More cases have been brought up about how children are being raised by their siblings rather then their parents. In most cases the parents are substance abusers and the siblings are old enough to be proper role models. On the other hand alot of government officals and physciatrists are concerned with that descion. Some feel as if it is a mere part of adolesence that they experience new things and have the descion to make between wrong and right but what if their descion is wrong and they too begin abusing alcohol, where does that leave the child? According to an article in BIO MEDICINE the percentage of children who are early substance abusers that have older siblings is alot higher then those who dont have older siblings. I agree and dont agree with this but if its shown more around the house hold its more likely that the children will feel oblidged to try " the new things".

Sweet Poison!

I am currently babysitting right now and something just occured that I found so disturbing that i had to publish a post! I am babysitting and we went to the corner store to get candy like we normally do everyday after they get off the bus stop. They had a big sign on the window today saying that they had a candy sale. When we walked it they had a huge box it had one pack of candy left in it. When i looked in I got so agrivated when i saw what type of candy they had almost sold out of. It was candy ciggarettes, not like the ones that we had when we were younger but they looked exactly like real cigarettes and the box they were in represented the same box of marbolro reds. When I asked the store manager why they were still selling these they said that its their most popular one and the children that recieves them are so young and he couldnt believe it! I know that we also had them around when we were young but as time got older they became much more realistic and if thats not promoting kids to smoke then what is? They are so for the truth commericals and everything but they still produce candy ciggarettes come on now!!!

I learned it from...

The average parent wants everything best for their child, correct? They want them to grow up and have everything they want. What they dont realize is, like how i posted in my older post that they do everything that their parents do , monkey see monkey do. Children are at high risk for substance abuse and well as viloent and domestic abuse and can become abusers because of what they and what they reanact. The video below basically explains everything that I've been wanting to get out there.

In 9 years ill be in AA

I came across this video on youtube today. It broke my heart. Its about a child at an AA meeting.. take a look..

Born into it

Most of the bloggs that i have posted have alot to do with what children see and hear and how it can effect them in the long run. What most people dont realize that some children dont have a choice. They are born into it! Children that are victims of fetal alcohol syndrome and drug addicts. If they do survive they have this long addiction that they cant overcome and most of them dont even survive!