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Jessica Lahey, NYT Best Selling Author on The Addiction Inoculation, Inviting Failure and The Ultimate Challenge For Parents

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When it comes to preventing substance use in our children, most parents wait too long to start the conversation. According to Jessica Lahey, NYT bestselling author of The Addiction Inoculation and someone in long-term recovery herself, we need to begin these discussions as early as pre-kindergarten. The statistics are sobering and underscore why timing matters