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Welcome to Raising Good Human Podcast. I'm Dr. Alisa Pressman and this is the second part of

my episode on everything you need to know about substance use and misuse among you.

Here's the thing. We have a lot of research that tells us what substance is due to the developing brain

and what's also important is how that translates to actual everyday parenting,

how it's different depending on your child's temperament, depending on genetic factors,

and the works. What substances are what, whether to have things available in your house,

whether to lock things up, how to respond in some of the more likely situations you'll find yourself in

and more. Dr. Danielle Dick is the director of the Rutgers Addiction Research Center.

She is at the cutting edge of understanding the genetic and environmental influences that

contribute to the development of patterns of substance use and related behaviors.

And the five principles of parenting, my first book, has everything you need to know about the

foundational support your kids need and the skills and tools to make sure that we're building

resilience as best we can. Please pre-order your book. Don't forget to do it. It's so helpful to

me and as a big giant thank you and also to just be more in community. I have a Zoom coming up in

October. It's all about these resilient skills you're going to get a chapter on resilience.

And of course more stuff to come. Thank you so much and don't forget to write a little review

and give a five star reading. I know I'm asking you so many things and we're also busy but it is so

helpful to keep this community continuing to grow and thrive. So the concern about fentanyl,

I've noticed, has led some parents to say to me, look, I don't want my kids touching prescription

drugs or even worse dangerous fake prescription drugs that have fentanyl in them. If they're going to

start having gummies and I know that that's getting passed around at parties or with friends,

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