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Talk Some
Talking can be difficult. Serious discussions often end in a row but you don't always have to confront difficult topics head on.
The best conversations happen when both people are ready to listen to each other at the same time. It's difficult to talk in a crisis.
Your kids may already have a good idea of how you feel about drugs and alcohol, even if you hardly ever talk about them. Ideas of right and wrong come across through what you say and do at home - how you feel about work, what you do for fun and how you get on with friends and family.
Teenagers don't always know as much as you think, and telling them what you believe can help them make their own decisions.
'I know what Mum got up to when she was my age because she told me. Now I'm going out with my friends she doesn't seem to trust me. I wish she could see I do have some sense.'
15-year-old girl.