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A Parent's Guide to Preventing Underage Drinking
This guide provides a comprehensive, step-by-step approach that equips parents to promote positive youth decision-making regarding alcohol use.

 

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Links to online resources referenced:

Page 6: Books of Note

• Smashed - Story of a Drunken Girlhood

• From Binge to Blackout - A Mother and Son Struggle with Teen Drinking

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• Adult self-screening for alcohol abuse

Page 9: For further reading...

• How Alcohol Can Damage a Teen's Developing Brain, Causing Brain Impairment and Early Addiction

• Wasting the Best and the Brightest: Substance Abuse at America's Colleges and Universities

• What Parents Need to Know About College Drinking

• Girlie Drinks...Women's Diseases

Page 17: For more information...

• All aspects of alcohol

• Alcohol's effect on driving ability

• Alcohol and medications

• Alcohol and caffeine

• How the body processes alcohol

• Alcohol poisoning

• Development of alcoholism

• Alcohol and the teen brain 

Page 18: They're more clever than you think...

• Helpful insights into teen dishonesty

Page 20:

• Learn about teen drivers and graduated licensing laws

Page 22:

• Lowering the drinking age

• Declining alcohol in social situations

Page 23: Laws relevant to colleges and universities

• Parent's view of colleges' and universities' compliance with the law

Page 28:

• Consider the following youth guide to hiding one's drinking while at college

• Formal diagnostic criteria for alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence

Page 29: For further information about getting help...

• Warning Signs of Alcohol and Substance Abuse

• Time to Act

• HBO's "Addiction" Series Guide to Early Onset Alcoholism

• Infoline 211

• Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Treatment Locator

• Connecticut treatment listings

Page 30:

• Conversation Jar

Page 31: For more parenting tips...

• Time to Talk

• Time to Act

• Parent Toolkit

• A Parent's Guide to the Teen Brain

• Parent "Decoder" for Teen Culture

• CafeMom

• The Drug and Alcohol Scene

• Power of Parents

• Set the Rules CT

• Tips for Parents - Underage Drinking in CA

• ParentFurther.com

• Navigating the Teen Years

• Growing Up Drug-Free - A Parent's Guide to Prevention

• Shoulder to Shoulder - Parent Support Network

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• SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions)

• MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)

• List of RACs (Regional Action Councils)

• List of LPCs (Local Prevention Councils)

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• Learn about Connecticut's laws relevant to underage drinking

• Report on effective laws, policies and practices

• Guide to Regulatory Strategies for Preventing Youth Access to Alcohol: Best Practices

• National advocacy opportunities

Page 35: Citations

• The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking: A Guide to Action for Communities

• What Parents Need to Know About College Drinking

• Girlie Drinks... Women's Diseases

• How Alcohol Can Damage a Teen's Developing Brain Causing Brain Impairment and Early Addiction

Page 36: Citations

• U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of National Drug Control Policy, and other federal agencies web portal

• Adults most common source of alcohol for teens, according to poll of teens 13-18

• New perspectives on marijuana and youth: Abstainers are not maladjusted, but lone users face difficulties

• A Call to Action: Changing the Culture of Drinking at U.S. Colleges

• Sex and Intoxication More Common Among Women on Spring Break, According to AMA Poll

• New National Study Shows that More than 1 in 5 Young Adults Need Treatment for Alcohol or Illicit Drug Use