Prevent
Parents, you have the power to influence your children to make good choices—sensible, healthy choices—throughout their teen years.
Steering your kids away from alcohol and drug use will not only help give them a healthy childhood, it will also set them on the road to a healthy, productive, satisfying, and happy life as adults.
- Be a Hands-On Parent
Teens living with hands-on parents are less likely to use substances.
- Talk to Your Kids
Talk with your children about difficult issues, including substance abuse, and encourage them to talk to you honestly about what's going on in their lives.
- Eat Meals Together
The nightly ritual of a family dinner gives families a relaxed, nourishing context for coming together, connecting and communicating, talking and listening, seeing and hearing.
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