Comments on: Prescription and Over the Counter Drug Use Is Up Among Teens http://www.troubledteenblog.com/prescription-over-the-counter-drug-use-among-teens/ Families Struggling with Troubled Teen Issues Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:42:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://www.troubledteenblog.com/prescription-over-the-counter-drug-use-among-teens/comment-page-1/#comment-501 admin Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:34:59 +0000 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=672#comment-501 Great analogy between when our kids were younger and we took great precautions to keep them from danger. Now that they are teens for some reason we "trust" they will use common sense, but sometimes seem to have less. I have a post on the blog about having teens is like having a two year old. Great analogy between when our kids were younger and we took great precautions to keep them from danger. Now that they are teens for some reason we “trust” they will use common sense, but sometimes seem to have less. I have a post on the blog about having teens is like having a two year old.

]]> By: Willow http://www.troubledteenblog.com/prescription-over-the-counter-drug-use-among-teens/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Willow Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:50:32 +0000 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=672#comment-495 This is a really good reminder. When the kids were little we kept everything locked up especially after our youngest ate some iron pills his sister had left out, thinking they were M&Ms. Studly takes a lot of meds for his diabetes and heart issues and many of them would be fatal for a child. We've been lax about it, though, since our own kids got big enough to understand that Mom's and Dad's meds were off limits. This article kind of makes me wonder about a time a few months ago when I was SURE we had some NyQuil in the house and I couldn't find it at all. I guess it's time to lock it all away or put it where the kids (ours and their friends!) can't get to it without us knowing about it. Thanks! This is a really good reminder. When the kids were little we kept everything locked up especially after our youngest ate some iron pills his sister had left out, thinking they were M&Ms. Studly takes a lot of meds for his diabetes and heart issues and many of them would be fatal for a child.

We’ve been lax about it, though, since our own kids got big enough to understand that Mom’s and Dad’s meds were off limits. This article kind of makes me wonder about a time a few months ago when I was SURE we had some NyQuil in the house and I couldn’t find it at all. I guess it’s time to lock it all away or put it where the kids (ours and their friends!) can’t get to it without us knowing about it.

Thanks!

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