At what age is my child likely to experiment with substances?

At what age is my child likely to experiment with substances?

Children, adolescents are individuals as we are and they are expected to experiment and rebel and do all the kinds of things that we did. Typically around the ages of 12 to 15 is when you'll start to see that start to rumble and they will start to experiment. Whether it's sexually or it's with drugs or substances or just pushing back somehow to send a message to their parents that, "I'm going to separate and individuate soon and I've got to fight through this in order to give myself a reason to go. Often times they'll feel feelings they don't want to feel and that's what the use of substances will do. It's self medication. So around 12 to 15 is really when you have to start to keep your eyes open.