13: Empowering Your Children to Make Good Choices

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Elaine Pasqua, CSP, is a dynamic nationally recognized keynote speaker and trainer who has transformed the lives of more than half a million people nationwide. She helps young students generate positive choices, healthy communication, and respectful relationships in their lives. Elaine shares on this week’s episode how to have tough conversations with your teens so that they understand the consequences and risks of underage drinking, drugs, sex, and more. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Key Takeaways</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why do teens take such big risks? </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Teenagers think everyone is drinking underage, having sex, and partaking in drugs more so than they actually are. However, this misconception makes them want to do it too so that they’re not missing out. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Elaine shares some interesting stats that are actually skewing the teenage perception/experience. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How do you talk to your teens about drugs and alcohol?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Fathers need to be engaged in the conversation about this. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Elaine shares why alcohol is so damaging to the human body. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Every teenager is intelligent. You have to give them the stories as well as the facts of what these illegal activities can do to you. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Keep in mind that your kids model what they see. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><s