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Wed. Jun. 22, 2005
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Family > Moms & Dads > Young Hearts & Minds
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School’s Out for Summer: Drugs
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Sometimes it seems as if it is out of our hands when our lives do not stop when for the children. While we are busy, they are getting on with their lives—or are they? Do we really know what is going on in their lives? Have we invested enough of our own understanding to help them know their own minds? Our children (no matter how old they are) have more burdens to carry than we did when we were young. In an insecure world, our children may face many more hurdles and dilemmas.
Here are a few cues to be aware of when we cannot be as observant as we would like. But do not jump to conclusions. The children may not be drug addicts, but they may need a little TLC to find out what is
really going on in their minds and hearts.
- Increase or decrease in appetite, changes in eating habits, unexplained weight loss or gain
- Smell of substance on breath, body, or clothes
- Extreme hyperactivity, excessive talkativeness
- Needle marks or bruises on lower arms, legs, or bottom of feet
- Change in overall attitude or personality with no other identifiable cause
- Changes in friends: new hang-outs, avoidance of old crowd, new friends who are drug users
- Change in activities, loss of interest in things that were important before
- Drop in school or work performance, tardiness to or absence from school or work
- Changes in habits at home, loss of interest in family and family activities
- Difficulty in paying attention, forgetfulness
- Lack of motivation, energy, self-esteem, discipline; bored, “I don't care” attitude
- Defensiveness, temper tantrums, resentful behavior that makes everything a hassle
- Unexplained moodiness, irritability, or nervousness
- Violent temper or bizarre behavior
- Unexplained silliness or giddiness
- Paranoia, suspiciousness
- Excessive need for privacy, keeping the door locked or closed, not letting people in
- Secretive or suspicious behavior
- Car accidents, fender benders, household accidents
- Chronic dishonesty, trouble with police
- Unexplained need for money, with no explanation where money goes; stealing
- Unusual effort to cover arms, legs
- Change in personal grooming habits
- Possession of drug paraphernalia
“Having a bad opinion makes hearts wither, and it makes one suspect the one who is trustworthy, and it makes the one who seeks to be intimate withdraw into isolation, and it adversely affects the friendship between brothers.” (`Ali ibn Abi Talib)
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