PARENT RESOURCE LIBRARY

We've hand-selected a variety of links to give you with a single site for educating your ten to fourteen year old child about alcohol and the issues that can arise from early use. Recommend a resource.

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TIME TO TALK: TimeToTalk provides easy-to-use guides and tips to help you have ongoing conversations with your kids to keep them healthy and drug/alcohol-free.

SWEET TALK TOOL KIT: This simple, easy-to-follow tool kit provides a kitchen-focused approach to talking with your kids. It's complete with recipes, teachable moments ideas, a parent-to-child promise form, and links to news, research-based tools and tips, and more.

PARENT RESOURCES: Learn how to talk to your child, warning signs, good parenting, tips on monitoring youth, family guides, national and local efforts, and how you can get involved.

TIME TO ACT: If you suspect or know your child is using drugs or alcohol, it's important to take action right away. This site helps you determine if your child is using and how to take action.

FAMILY ACTION GUIDE (PDF): This Surgeon General's guide with facts and info on underage drinking, why it's a problem, and what families can do about underage use.

KIDS HEALTH FOR PARENTS & KIDS: This is the #1 most-visited website for children's health and development. Learn about parenting, emotions and behaviors, etc. There's even a section for kids and teens.

WHY DO ADOLESCENTS DRINK?: Why Do Adolescents Drink, What Are the Risks, and How Can Underage Drinking Be Prevented? From the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

UNDERAGE DRINKING STATISTICS: When do kids start drinking? What are the injury and social consequences? What are alcohol's effects on the brain? From the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

COMMUNITY PREVENTION EDUCATION: Project Charlie is a substance abuse prevention education program of Pathways, MI. The program is offered in Holland, West Ottawa and Saugatuck elementary schools, but has information everyone can use. Learn about drug facts, age appropriate ways to teach kids about the risks of substance use and what kids think about the program.