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Saying No Is Not Enough, Second Edition: Helping Your Kids Make Wise Decisions about Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs—A Guide for Parents of Children Ages 3 through 19 Audiobook
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The challenge: how to raise children in a drug-filled society and prevent substance abuse. Dr. Schwebel’s recommendations:
- Start when your children are young
- Create a family climate for communication
- Show your children how to meet their needs without drugs
- Help kids understand the dangers of drugs
- Help them learn to resist peer pressure
- Teach your children how to make wise decisions
- Establish give-and-take discussions with teens
- Stay alert to potential drug problems and know how to respond
How to listen and what to say in order to accomplish these goals is what Saying No Is Not Enough is all about. Now in its second edition, this valuable prevention and intervention guide for parents and professionals by Dr. Schwebel, one of the nation’s experts, presents his complete step-by-step program, refined and time-tested over the last twenty-five years.
New to this second edition are a full chapter on tobacco, recommendations about parents discussing their own substance use, and advice on what to do about drug testing as well as more on marijuana (the myths vs. the realities), more on how to deal with lying and dishonesty, and more on interventions for parents whose kids are already harmfully involved with drugs.
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“Illuminating and valuable…Dr Schwebel makes detailed, practical suggestions that he himself has worked out and tested many times over. They have proven effectiveness.”
— Dr. Benjamin Spock, pediatrician and New York Times bestselling author
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“Practical…A supportive compendium of techniques for healthy family living, a worthwhile resource for rearing drug-free children.”
— Publishers Weekly
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About Robert Schwebel
Dr. Robert Schwebel has worked in the field of mental health and drug counseling for more than forty-five years and is the author of several books, including Saying No Is Not Enough, Keep Your Kids Tobacco-Free, and Who’s on Top, Who’s on Bottom: How Couples Can Learn to Share Power. He has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Today show, CBS’s The Early Show, CNN interviews, and other national media. He currently provides lectures, training, and workshops for professional organizations in the United States and abroad. Dr. Schwebel and his wife have two adult children and live in Tucson, Arizona.
About Mike Chamberlain
Mike Chamberlain is an actor and voice-over performer in Los Angeles whose audiobook narration has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards. His voice credits range from radio commercials and television narration to animation and video game characters. Stage trained at Boston College, he has performed works from Shakespeare and the classics to contemporary drama and comedy.