Talking to your Kids

Preventing Drug & Alcohol Abuse

 

“Open, honest conversations are some of the most powerful tools parents can use to connect with – and protect – their kids.  But when tackling some of life’s tougher topics, especially those about drugs and alcohol, just figuring out what to say can be a challenge.”  - Parent Talk Kit, The Medicine Abuse Project, The Partnership at Drugfree.org

 

Topics covered in this free and action oriented Parent Talk Kit are:

• How to Say It: Age-by-age scripts to help you start the conversation about drugs and alcohol for all ages, including whether your child is preschool, grade school, middle school, high school or post-high-school/college.  http://www.drugfree.org/the-parent-toolkit/age-by-age-advice/
  
  
• What to Say: Addressing Prescription Drug and over-the-counter (OTC) drug abuse
  
  
• Answering the Question: “Did You Do Drugs?”
  
  
• Five Teachable Moments:  Easy Ways to bring up the top of drugs and alcohol
  
  
• How to Teach Kids to Turn Down Drugs
  
  
• How Other Adults Can Help:  The Importance of Friends, Family and Beyond (link to Grandparents guide)

 

 

RESOURCES: Preventing Drug & Alcohol Abuse

 

Share the following resource with your teen:

https://teens.drugabuse.gov/peerx

Other parent resources:

www.drugabuse.gov/parents-educators

http://www.toosmarttostart.samhsa.gov/Start.aspx

Drug guide for parents

http://www.generationrx.org/

(information on safe medication practices for youth through senior citizens)