The Addiction Inoculation by Jessica Lahey Summary
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In "The Addiction Inoculation," Jessica Lahey - NYT bestselling author - reveals evidence-based strategies to protect children from substance dependence. Featured in The Atlantic and Washington Post, this compassionate guide dismantles addiction stigma while offering what parents desperately need: practical prevention tools that actually work.
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The Elephant in the Living Room
Here's a startling truth: if your child starts drinking in middle school, they face a 41% lifetime risk of substance dependence. Wait until age 21, and that risk plummets to just 11%. Yet despite this dramatic difference, most parents postpone "the talk" until it's too late. The numbers tell a sobering story-between 8-33% of middle and high schoolers drink monthly, drug overdoses among young adults have quadrupled in the past decade, and teens have become the biggest abusers of prescription medications. What if the solution isn't scaring kids straight but building something stronger from the ground up? What if we've been thinking about addiction prevention all wrong?
The Teenage Brain's Perfect Storm
Why Some Kids and Not Others
Building the Armor: Protective Factors That Work
The Authoritative Advantage: Parenting That Prevents
Beyond the Family: Schools, Peers, and College
Recovery Is Always Possible
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