Son Knows He Needs To Leave Party Before Things Go Bad. That’s When He Texts His Dad The Letter ‘X’.

I think it’s safe to say that things can’t get worse than peer pressure—and especially when you’re in the vulnerable stage of your teenage years, just simply trying to “fit in” and do what everyone else is doing. Peer pressure is almost always at an all time high when teenagers are indulging in things like drugs and alcohol. And often times, teens don’t refuse to try these substances because they fear that they’ll look “uncool”.

But there are always ways around refusing, or simply getting out of that situation—and although there’s nothing better than standing your ground with a firm “No”, parents like Bert Fulk have implemented a handy plan to get his son out of these uncomfortable situations.

Bert works with teens in addiction recovery programs and he’s heard of first-hand encounters from teens who have been subject to peer pressure and substance abuse—he wants his son to stay away from this. He’s noticed that many teens start to smoke and drink just because their friends do it.

So, to avoid his teenage son from getting into any substance abuse problems, or just an uncomfortable situation, Bert came up with something called the “X-plan”. No teen wants to go through the nagging and name-calling that comes right after rejecting a drink of alcohol or a puff of that cigarette, but the X-plan helps avoid danger and nagging.

Every time Bert’s son is at a friend’s house and he’s excessively being offered drinks or smokes, the rule is to have his son text the letter ‘X’ to a family member. That’s the indication that his son needs a way out of there. A few minutes after receiving that text message, the family member will call  up his son’s phone and tell him that something has come up and they need to pick him up immediately.

This dialogue is followed by his son questioning what happened, to which the family member will say “I will tell you when I get there”. The beauty of this plan is that Bert’s son won’t be interrogated for what was happening, since he actively asked for a way out. Bert says that the X-plan provides his son with “security and confidence in a world that tends to beat our young people into submission”.

Click on the video below and watch Bert’s full story. Please share this post with family and friends who have teenagers and can use the X-plan to their advantage.

Article source: Liftable.


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