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ScottCounseling.com was created to serve you and provide solutions for your everyday problems.  ScottCounseling has trained, licensed, professional counselors available to assist you with options that will successfully bring about a solution for your counseling need.  ScottCounseling has help hundreds of individuals with questions about:

Children and Teens  Anxiety  Marriage  Depression  ADD/ADHD  Academic and Schools

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You may be a parent that has spoken to your child about avoiding the use of drugs and alcohol. This is an important first step to keeping your child safe and chemical free. Below are some other steps that you can take to ensure that your child is not drinking, smoking or abusing drugs.

Establish a loving relationship

Long before your child has the whereabouts to begin experimenting with alcohol or drugs, it’s important to establish a relationship that is open, caring and loving. Tell your child daily that you love him or her.

Be a role model

Set a good example regarding you own use of alcohol and chemical use or abuse.

Family Rules

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Sometimes it’s a difficult decision to make. You may be asking, “Does my child need to see a counselor or a doctor.” This article will help you make that decision. There’s a difference between all of these professional services that these individuals provide. The differences are listed below.

School Counselor

• Your child’s teacher(s) request that you speak with a school counselor.

• Your child is receiving failing grades.

• Your child continually reports that he or she is unhappy in school.

• Your child is not willing to talk to you.

• You see a big change in your child’s behavior and academic performance.

• There is a death in the family. This may include a pet.

• You are concerned that your child is using drugs or chemicals.

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Is your 6th grader involved with alcohol?

It’s a commonly known fact that teenage drinking across the country has many parents, educators and prevention specialist concerned. What is not commonly known is the growing number of elementary children beginning to use alcohol. Recently, Reuters published an article by author, Amy Norton, who shares statistics that indicate as many as 700 out of 4000 sixth graders in the Chicago area schools have consumed alcohol in the past year. With a growing trend of chemical abuse and misuse in this country, parents need to become mindful of these statistics and hold discussions with their children and the individuals that come in contact with their children on a regular basis. This article… Continue Reading

Over 7 million children currently live in homes where one parent is an alcoholic. Twelve to fourteen million adults abuse alcohol or have chronic alcoholic behavior. One in five adults living today grew up in a home where one or both parents were alcoholics. Research shows that children living in a home where a parent is addicted to alcohol have a greater chance of emotional problems than children who live in a home where alcohol is not an issue.

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 61 % of adults in the United States report that they drink alcohol. Thirty-two percent report that they drank five or more alcohol drinks in one day during the past year. Over 100,000… Continue Reading

Television? Phone Use? Instant Messaging? Eating? Friends? Late Nights? Homework? Activities?

Do Children Need Limits?

It’s important for parents to enforce rules and set limits for their children. Youth surveys indicate that children feel more secure when parents set limits. Consider the following when enforcing rules and setting limits:

Consequences should be meaningful, a learning opportunity and appropriate for the child’s age, situation and child’s reasoning ability.

Don’t make threats or set a consequence that you can’t apply.

Try to let your child know in advance what the consequences will be for breaking a set rule.

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Young adults often show signs of using or abusing chemicals. Parents who are aware of the signs are at an advantage in assisting their child to get help before more serious problems occur. Below is a list of common behavioral signs that your child may exhibit when using drugs or alcohol.

Change in Friends: Your child switched friends and is now hanging around others who are slightly or very different than his or her old friends.

Drop in Grades: Your child grades are no longer at or above his or her ability level.

Mood Swings: You child is displaying emotional swings that are high one day and low the next day. You child uses words or swears and this was… Continue Reading