Power of Parents
LCAD TRAINED TO OFFER MADD COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM TO HELP
PARENTS TALK WITH TEENS ABOUT ALCOHOL
DID YOU KNOW?
- One in three 8th graders drinks alcohol.
- One in five teens binge drinks.
- Only one in 100 parents believe his or her child binge drinks.
- Teen alcohol use kills about 6,000 people each year, more than all illegal drugs combined.
Parents are the number one influence in their child’s decisions about drinking. LCAD and MADD want to help parents use that power to have positive conversations about alcohol and ultimately prevent teens from drinking.
Power of Parents, It’s Your Influence® is based on a handbook model developed by Dr. Robert Turrisi from Pennsylvania State University. Through his research, Dr. Turrisi found that parents who used a similar handbook to talk to their college-aged kids about alcohol significantly reduced their kids’ drinking and behavior problems associated with drinking. MADD partnered with Dr. Turrisi to develop a similar handbook for parents of teenagers to help reach high-school aged kids and has trained partners like LCAD to offer this information in Lincoln/Lancaster county. The program also offers 30-minute workshops to give parents the conversational tools they need to talk to their teens and reduce teen alcohol use as a result. These workshops are open to the public and free of charge.
For more information or to schedule Power of Parents workshop, contact LCAD at 402-475-2694 or visit: http://www.madd.org/underage-drinking/the-power-of-parents/
