- My husband enjoys wine and beer and there is alcohol in our household, just basically sitting around. It's not really hidden away although we have moved the spirits to a different place so they're not quite as easily available - I said, "Look drugs or alcohol. You're gonna have to decide for yourself if you wanna take them. Clearly, we prefer you not to take them because we have seen and we know the kind of damage they can do." - Yeah. - But, if you do, just, you know, don't make it worse, like, don't get in a car with someone who's been drinking or is clearly off their face. - They've seen that we don't overindulge so I think that's actually good that you need to be role models. - Rather than telling my kids that they can't do drugs or shouldn't do drugs or don't do drugs, having enough trust in them that they'll make good choices in their life. - I've always said to them, "If you wanna have a drink, please come and talk to me first" so that we can talk about the safety of that. "And, you know, if you drink a bottle of vodka, you can be in serious danger and you can end up in hospital and we don't want that so make sure that it's in a safe way." - It can be dangerous, it's for adults. Even if you see other teens drinking, even if that person's, if that teen's mom or parent is okay with it doesn't mean we are. - They've also seen when we've been at parties as a family and also on their own, that people, when they are having too much alcohol, then it's not a pretty sight, so they're aware of that. - I talk with my kids a lot about what's going on and, you know, and their friends, and who's doing what and things like that at parties and whatnot. My kids are fairly open and fairly honest with that sort of stuff and we just sort of have general conversations. - I have shown him pictures, I've shown him videos. To me, it's very important for him to visualise things because they'll stay in his memory. Just talking about it, saying "Drugs are bad," is just not good enough. - If we've got the news on and we're watching the news and there's a story that's come up, I've really talked to them about drugs then. A lot of the times, teenagers will say, "Well, we already know, we already know this. "We know, we know, we know." But, I sort of say, "Well, what do you know, because it's really important that you know more than what you think you know." - Call us, you know, whatever time. - Any time. - Any time, anywhere you could be, in another state, just call us and we'll come get you wherever you are. - Figure it out. - And we won't blow up at you, we just rather you're home safe. - Regardless of what happens if you're out and you have had a drink or you've taken something, ring me. I won't actually ask questions but I want you to know that I will always come and pick you up. - We flat-out said to him, "When do you think you'll start drinking?" He goes, "Oh, probably 17." I'm like, "I'm sorry, when's the legal age?" "18." "So when will you start drinking?" "Oh, oh yeah, 18." "Yeah, that's right."