Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. • Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. • Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. • Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. • Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. • Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. • Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. • Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. • Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. • Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. •
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UTAH’S STATE OFFICIALS TAKE STRONG, UNIFIED STANCE AGAINST UNDERAGE DRINKING
January 09, 2013
Utah teen alcohol use might be the lowest in the nation, but binge drinking is still a problem, and some communities face underage drinking rates equal to national averages.
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Press Archive
2013
2011
- September 26 - Salt Lake City Encourages Parents and their Kids To Gather Around the Dinner Table
- September 26 - National Family Day Highlights Advantages of Dinner Together
- May 18 - Garbage Trucks Carry Kids’ Brains Through the Streets of Salt Lake City
2010
- December 20 - Teens in Liquor Stores Remind Patrons of the Dangers of Underage Drinking
- September 27 - First Lady Herbert reminds parents that dinner time is family time.
- September 7 - Governor and First Lady Urge Parents to Prepare Kids to be Alcohol-free
- January 29 - Utah's Attorney General "Faces-Off" Agaisnt Underage Drinking in Utah
2009
- December 1 - Mayors Go to the Curb to Prevent Underage Drinking
- October 22 - Underage Drinking is Down and Parental Awareness is Up.
- August 7 - Student Health Services - Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
- May 15 - ParentsEmpowered.org and Utah's PTA Partner to Provide Digital Prevention
- April 26 - The DABC Delivers Mobile Messages
2008
- September 22 - Kids want to eat dinner with their parents
- August 20 - Utah Dental Association takes a stand against underage drinking
- May 15 - What has parents clinging to its sides and flies?
- May 1 - Up in Neon: Not Until 21
2007
- December 1 - Latino underage drinking prevention conference helps mobilize the minorities
- November 27 - Eliminating underage drinking is a community goal
- September 24 - What kids really want at the dinner table is you
- June 18 - Mayors Deliver “Trashy” Message
- April 16 - Website provides parents with prevention help
- April 12 - The State tells parents where to "stick it"
2006
- December 19 - Teens in the liquor stores? Educating shoppers.
- October 4 - Miss America shares message on underage drinking
- September 28 - Mary Kaye Huntsman announces ParentsEmpowered.org
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