When a child becomes addicted, the first thing that we need to do is understand that they are in real trouble and our family is in real trouble. We have to do something and we don´t want to wait because this is a progressive problem, which means if it is not being addressed, it gets worse and worse and worse. So many parents, we are in denial. We don´t want to see what´s in front of our eyes because it is really scary. It is too scary. So we postpone addressing it. We pretend it is not happening until it gets so bad that we can no longer pretend that it is not happening. So once we actually grasp the fact that we do have a child who is addicted is what we would do if we recognize our child had any other disease, had the potential even of having another disease. We would go take them in to the best doctor we could find. In this case, we want to find an addiction specialist who can help us assess is there a problem; if there is a problem, how bad it is; are there brief interventions. They have brief interventions that can help stop addiction from progressing. Or is it beyond that and does the child need to be in some serious professional treatment.