Do you guys think that different nationalities play a big role in how parents react to their childs addictions?
I have a friend who is Indian and his parents drink soooo much. His dad brews his own beer and drinks all day long. however if they ever found out that their son was doing drugs they would disown him or worse.
I also have an arabic friend who's parents dont drink at all, if she ever got caught drinking or doing any drugs they would send her back to their country so she can stop all this. I think kids should be able to talk to their parents about their situations and their problems because since they cant tell them, they cant get the help they need and its much harder for them to sober up.

I think it's actually better for parents to be strict and set heavy consequences because then their kids are scared to go out and do drugs.  My mother was always pretty lax about me smoking pot.. she would drug test me every week until I would stop, but then I'd pick it up again.  And I wish my dad cared more, they just figured oh well, he's not doing drugs or drinking and driving sooo, it's not that bad.  But now I actually have a problem with marijuana and gambling, both that I wish I would've solved a long time ago. 

I also think its much better to have parents that set serious consequences. My parents were like that. But then whenever I got in trouble although I knew what the serious consequence would be they'd end u forgiving me after like a month and then I'd get in trouble again. But I had a friend who's parents were even worse than mine and when she got in trouble just for ditching the grounded her for a year straight and never went back on their word. Since then she's never done anything wrong and shes a really good girl. She wouldn't ever dare to try drugs because of fear of her parents.

My family was strict with me when I was younger.  Up until I was about 15, I had a lot of rules.. and then after that the rules got less demanding, but my parents had raised me right, so they trusted me a lot.  I'm hispanic, and I think parents of hispanic girls especially are really strict.  I think culture can play a big role in how kids are raised.  It adds to your identity, and where you came from, I grew up with a lot of pride in my family.  I think that helped keep me off drugs, because I just wanted to be like me, not like everyone else and what they were doing. 

Although the idea of being able to talk freely to your parents sounds great, unfortunately not all people agree with that. It seems to be a really big American custom to be able to talk about whatever you want and even talk badly to your parents where in other countries that would not be accepted. I think that has to deal a lot with your Arabic friend. I do think though that talking to your parents about any concerns that you have are best instead of maybe asking a friend for advice. In high school my parents were super strict where I would have to be home at 10 when I was a senior in high school. Because of this I never went to a party, but instead I would try and drink before sporting events or at other inappropriate times that could have gotten myself in a lot of trouble or danger.

I  think I'm going to end up being a super strict parent. I will spoil my child in everyway possible but I will not let them have any chance of doing drugs and drinking. They will have a early cerfew even though I complained a lot about mine, and I know somehow they will end up making mistakes and drinking maybe doing drugs but I'll be satisfied enough to know that I did all that was in my power to stop them.

Usually parents from different nationalities are more financially involved in their childs life also. I've noticed this a lot, so even when the child grows up their parents still play a big role in their lives. I'm 19 and I know if I did anything wrong even if its tiny my parents would still punish me just as they would when I was 13. But there's nothing I can do, they're my parents, they're looking out for me and although I respect them completely I do think some of their rules are ridiculous but I still have to accept it.