I posted this last year and the year before and am doing it again this year as the issue is still relevant today.

We spend a lot of time talking to our children about risky behaviors and why they should stay away from them; as we should. However, I think we should shift our focus onto our children’s well being  , by that I mean their self esteem. A lot of the problems teens get involved in can be traced back to low self esteem issues. For some great advice on this subject, Click here!