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The Question Parents Really Need To Ask Their Kids Who Struggle With Substance Misuse and Addiction, and Some Big News! with Brenda Zane

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When parents discover their child is misusing substances, the immediate question that comes to mind is often ‘why?’ Why would they do this? Why are they making these choices? But according to Brenda Zane, host of Hopestream and fellow parent to a child who struggled, we’re asking the wrong question entirely. Why Asking ‘Why the