The Addiction Inoculation With Jessica Lahey

For the third episode of the Girls That Create podcast, host Erin Prather Stafford welcomes author Jessica Lahey for a talk about her book “The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence” and how parents and caregivers can prevent substance abuse in children.

Listen to the full interview with on Word of Mom Radio.

In this episode, they discuss:

• Tips for talking with kids about substance abuse
  
• Setting clear house rules, aka expectations, and why that’s important
• Why kids often turn to alcohol first regarding substances
  
• Changes we can make in our parenting that will help our kids be more resistant to substance abuse
• Creativity and substance abuse 

You can also read Lahey’s essays on Girls That Create about supporting creativity in her children:

• Music to My Ears
• How Do You Do Music?

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