Does this sound familiar?

Your son recently came home smelling of cigarette smoke. You have a suspicion that he may have started smoking. When picking up the dirty laundry in his room, a lighter fell from the pocket of his jeans. You started looking through his desk drawers to see if you could find a pack of cigarettes. Instead of cigarettes, you came across a note from one of his friends that talked about a party that your son attended last weekend. The note described, in detail, who was getting drunk, who was smoking marijuana, and who was sleeping with whom. You did not want to believe what you were reading, nor did you want to know that your son was involved in this. You placed the note back in the drawer and left the room, feeling guilty, as if you had invaded your son's privacy and seen something that you shouldn't have.

First of all, don't feel guilty about looking through your child's room. As long as they are living in your house, you have every right to know what's going on with your child.

Also, when they are teenagers, your kids are going to be exposed to new and different experiences. They will have choices to make and sometimes they will not always make the right choice. You, as a parent, need to understand that. It is your responsibility to educate and talk to your kids about making the right decisions and guiding them down the right path.

However, there are times when intervention is necessary. The consequences of destructive behavior are much greater today than they have ever been. Some of the consequences may even be fatal. A greater emphasis is also being placed on criminal behavior, which may one day cost your child a career.

At this point, you have done everything that a great parent can do. Let us take over the investigating. More times than not, it will turn out that your child is just going through normal adolescent behavior. But if you want some peace of mind, contact us at 123Pi.