Drug addiction represents only a small ...

Phase awareness of teen relationship to others and himself creates many problems for parents and children. Parental fear intensifies the mass of negative information relating to drug trafficking, drugs: horrible movies about drug addiction, reports of major and minor drug traffickers, cases of death by overdose, prostitution, criminal "disassembly" ... etc. Why do some people become dependent on alcohol, drugs, television, games, food, etc., while others do not? It depends on many factors in each case. Drug addiction represents only a small aspect of addictive behavior. Dependence has many faces. No one has become dependent on the chewy sweets. But the chocolate, caramel, biscuits, chewing gum can sometimes serve as a prerequisite for addictive behavior, if these substances are for the child not only satisfy the need for food, how much play the role to a greater or lesser extent a substitute for human attention, praise, consolation. To understand how the relationship arises, it is necessary to shift attention to a situation that may arise background dependent behavior. Anyone who understands the need of the child in empathy, makes an important step in protecting it from addiction. Very often in the adult world there is no room for imagination, dreams of children. And the love and attention for the child is the same life-saving necessity as eating and drinking. If this requirement is not met, the child may try to satisfy it in another way. A typical example of these "substitutes" in childhood are - the thumb-sucking, biting nails, excess food. But nothing will replace the child's need for love, understanding, caring. Attempts to bribe with sweets, money, watching TV may become the first steps towards addictive behavior, habit formation to obtain the "substitutes". A child needs his own successes and disappointments, experiences and opportunities to develop the boundaries of self-confidence. To do this you need to do the steps for the development of many large and small skills. Children who lack self-confidence and trust, often seeking refuge in a world of illusions and substances. We must be very careful to set the signals, indicating the possibility of addiction, the problems of personality. It could be: inactivity, indecisiveness, lack of willingness to solve conflicts, lack of ability to overcome challenges, excessive need for guidance, the difficulties of contact with other people. There is a line of conduct, which parents must follow in this case: education as a friendly escort, which refers to the careful "nurturing." This implies a view on the problems of the child as if from the side, if the child decides to try to sand, do not just say that it is not tasty, your own experience will be more valuable and richer, the distance of interest, should not be involved in all the aspirations of the child, it is not indifference, but interest in its formation and originality of the children have the right to occasionally show aggression and rage, if that conduct does not go beyond certain limits, the possibility of opposition from children leaving space for the sad and frustrating experience.