Review article
Parents of Pre-School Children and the Prevention of Drug Abuse
Andreja Hočevar
; Odsjek za pedagogiju i andragogiju, Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Ljubljani
Abstract
Drug abuse among young people is a serious problem which is drawing increasing attention in contemporary society. The author considers the shift that has occurred in the area of activities which have been conducted in recent decades to prevent the (ab)use of drugs. Namely, dissatisfaction with the lack of efficiency of preventive
programmes implemented at the level of elementary and secondary school has encouraged researchers in this field to consider that the failure of these programmes might have been connected with the fact that these programmes begin to be applied too late. Therefore, the bottom age limit to begin their implementation should be shifted
towards younger children and their parents. The author presents different approaches to preventing the (ab)use of drugs aimed at parents of pre-school children in America and Europe. By analysing these approaches, the author wishes to prove that the policy of preventing drug abuse in individual Member States does not (yet) reflect the recommendations of experts. In spite of this, a shift might be expected in the territory of the European Union in implementing preventive activities targeting parents and increasingly younger children. Since great caution is applied in introducing these activities
in Member States, the question of when this shift will occur still remains unanswered.
Keywords
drugs abuse; risk factors; pre-school children; parents
Hrčak ID:
82816
URI
Publication date:
15.1.2009.
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