Clear rules protect against underage drinking!
Keep your child’s developing brain happy and healthy by helping them stay alcohol-free!
Chat & Set Rules
Your influence is powerful
That’s the great news! Utah kids report the number one reason they choose not to drink is their parents’ strong disapproval.3
Why prevent underage drinking?
Because it protects a child’s future. Alcohol affects a young, still developing brain very differently than an adult’s brain, impairing proper development and increasing risks of addiction, depression, suicide, injury, violence, academic problems and more.4
Learn the HarmsHow can I help prevent my kid from drinking underage?
Here are some suggestions that can help keep your child alcohol-free. Spend fun time together, set clear “no alcohol” rules and stay involved in your kid’s life.
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Have a conversation with your kids about your no drinking underage expectations. When kids know you disapprove, they are significantly less likely to drink before age 21.
When youth drink alcohol, they are more likely to experience school problems, such as higher rates of absences or lower grades. Keep your kid ahead in the classroom by setting clear rules about not drinking underage. Learn more with this article from the Center for Diseases and Control.
www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/underage-drinking.htm
Celebrate the little and big wins in your children’s life! Having an open relationship helps build rapport and trust on both sides.
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Parents Empowered exists to raise awareness of how underage alcohol consumption harms youth and why waiting until the appropriate age to consume alcohol is not only legal but healthier for their bodies. Discover more here: parentsempowered.org/
Set clear no drinking boundaries with your kids and express to them the importance of keeping their brains healthy and harm-free. Visit our website to learn more here: parentsempowered.org/how/chat-set-rules/
Underage drinking can lead to an increased risk for alcohol dependence. The best way to prevent potential addiction is to set clear “no underage drinking” rules for your child. Learn more about the effects of alcohol addiction in the video below.
Continue learning on our website ⬇️ parentsempowered.org/why/addiction/
Sources
1 Utah Student Health and Risk Prevention [SHARP] Survey, 2019.
2 https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/136/3/e718
3 Utah Student Health and Risk Prevention [SHARP] Survey, 2019.
4 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK37591/