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Teaching Your Teen to Be Responsible for their Meds
You may be parenting a teenager on various medications. When they were younger, you just handed them their pills and checked that they took them. As teenagers, they need to start taking responsibility for taking their own meds. They need to learn when to take them, what to take, and if there are any special dietary requirements that accompany certain medications. Start with having them be responsible for one aspect of their medication: something that you have control over. For example, you might tell them that it's up to them to "remind" you about their dinner time meds. You might even reward them for remembering for a certain number of days. Slowly expand their levels of responsibility. And, remember, if your child has learning delays, you may need to help them overcome any limitations they have. For example, you might have to buy them a watch that can be set to remind them when to take their pills. Your goal is to teach them self-sufficiency in taking their medications before they transition to adulthood.
posted by ByParents-forParents at 10:27 AM
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