The home is one of the most powerful places to teach a child. I, along with my husband, James, have been raising children for 26 years. We have 10 children (six are adopted). Foster parenting for 15 years, I believe our community has fantastic parents that care for their children well and are concerned about what goes on with them. I have come to realize that we as parents have a serious problem at hand -- keeping our children off of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs.

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