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Is It Ok To Use A CALM Approach With A Child Who Misuses Drugs and Alcohol? With Brenda Zane

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When your child is misusing drugs or alcohol, every instinct tells you to react dramatically. The situation feels dangerous, disruptive, and chaotic—so shouldn’t your response match that intensity? Surprisingly, the answer is no. Why Calm Feels Counterintuitive As one parent describes it: ‘It can feel strange to take a calm, collected approach to a dangerous,