We all know this, but parents who do drugs really need a wake up call. A slap in the face, something, to get them to stop being such idiots.

One high school student told me he knows a bunch of kids who do drugs solely because their parents do it. That's how they got into it, they say. Illegal drug abuse by parents, seen and copied by children. What a terrible legacy to leave your kids. (Not that getting your kids hooked on legal drugs like tobacco and alcohol is doing them a favor, either.)

Shouldn't the first priority of parents be the welfare of their children? How is it that so many kids with drug abuse problems picked those habits or addictions up not from the rough crowd at school, but from the rough crowd at home?

{Non-specific story of parents somewhere in Wisconsin condoning a student's drug use deleted.}

Anybody got a 2 x 4 to whack some sense into a few parents? That probably doesn't do any good when you're that far gone, I suppose. Not sure that's the Christian approach, either. Any suggestions??
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