Creating Awareness about Drugs and Alcohol among Children Loxahatchee FL

Children’s trust in parents can go way up on the scale when they actually researched the topic of drugs with their parents. Many successful parents decide that one of the best ways to avoid their children being drawn into drugs, is to educate them, and learn together, rather than simply condemning the topic out of hand.

New Options of Royal Palm Beach Inc
(561) 790-3200
1402 Royal Palm Beach Boulevard
Royal Palm Beach, FL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Comp Alcoholism Rehab Programs Inc
(561) 844-6400
6415 Lake Worth Road
Lake Worth, FL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Spanish

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Oakwood Center of the Palm Beaches Inc
(561) 383-8000
4393 Windsor Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders

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Gratitude House Inc
(561) 833-6826x226
1700 North Dixie Highway
West Palm Beach, FL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Residential beds for clients' children
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Comp Alcoholism Rehab Programs Inc
(561) 844-6400
5406 East Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less)
Special Programs/Groups
Women

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Addiction Research and Consulting Corp
(561) 683-5497
1577 North Military Trail
West Palm Beach, FL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women

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Metro Treatment of Florida LP
(561) 433-5687
1497 Forest Hill Boulevard
Lake Clarke Shores, FL
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Hanley Center Treatment Programs
(561) 841-1000
933 45th Street
West Palm Beach, FL
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Seniors/older adults, Women, Men
Language Services
Spanish

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PEC Inc
(561) 969-1221
1521 Forest Hill Boulevard
West Palm Beach, FL
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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Multicultural Community MH Center Inc
(561) 653-6292
2721 Poinsettia Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Spanish

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Creating Awareness about Drugs and Alcohol among Children

Children require a lot of power to stand firm under peer demands and media control. The most helpful weapon when it comes to alcohol and drugs for your children is facts and knowledge, instead of shock strategy and pressure from their parents. Children’s trust in parents can go way up on the scale when they actually researched the topic of drugs with their parents. Many successful parents decide that one of the best ways to avoid their children being drawn into drugs, is to educate them, and learn together, rather than simply condemning the topic out of hand. Children usually believe things that they figure out for themselves, rather than things that they have head from their parents secondhand. Also, as most parents know, teenagers want to do the exact things that their parents say is “bad for them”. So, taking the time to research together with your children will encourage them to absorb what they are learning about, rather than simply giving out parental warnings and threats that they can shrug off.It’s not uncommon that the more those parents say “don’t do it”, then the more their kids want to. Many of the children who do use alcohol and drugs, in fact had very strict parents who would not even speak of such habits in the household. And thus these are the children seem to fall prey to a taboo effect. The psychology of taboo means that children often try something simply because they are not supposed to. Don’t add the mysti...

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