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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it interesting that some people think that 1+1= 2 when raising kids. You can do everything right and it can still go very wrong. My neighbors meet all of the PP’s criteria and have two out of three kids with pretty bad drug problems. The third is autistic and doesn’t have any substance abuse problems. He is also non-verbal. Meanwhile, I come from many generations of alcoholics and drug addicts on both sides of my family and never experimented with either. I was too busy raising my younger siblings because my mom was passed out after 3pm everyday. You just never know. [/quote]

Do you have children? Are you concerned about them using drugs or alcohol? Dh and I are both adult children of alcoholics who never drink or use drugs because of our childhood experiences. We've discussed alcoholism, etc in age appropriate ways from early ages. They are young teens now and we still talk, but who knows if it's good enough. We've tried to avoid dysfunction in our home and acknowledge and seek help when we don't know how to manage things. I can't help but fear that the fact dh and I were abused and neglected makes us dysfunctional even though we've done well for ourselves and our kids. Maybe it does skip a generation?[/quote]

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