Ken Dail Executive Director, Prevention Network Coordinator, Michigan Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking PO Box 4458 East Lansing, MI Fax – twitter.com/pnmichigan

GOALS FOR TODAY: 1.Help you help parents understand why teens drink (as a hint, it’s the same reason they do almost anything) 2.Help you help parents to ask the four critical questions that, if answered honestly, can reduce underage drinking. 3.Share some resources that you can share with parents to reduce underage drinking.

WHY DO TEENS DO WHAT THEY DO? (Make a fist and start at the bottom)

So why DO they drink? 1.They aren’t really too good with the whole risk/reward equation thing.

Sledding

Merry-go-round

Critical Condition

So why DO they drink? 1.They aren’t really too good with the whole risk/reward equation thing. 2.Even when they get it, they can’t quite process it.

Rope Stunt

So why DO they drink? 1.They aren’t really too good with the whole risk/reward equation thing. 2.Even when they get it, they can’t quite process it. 3.The rewards are sometimes over exaggerated.

So why DO they drink? 1.They aren’t really too good with the whole risk/reward equation thing. 2.Even when they get it, they can’t quite process it. 3.The rewards are sometimes over exaggerated. 4.The consequences are sometimes under exaggerated.

So why DO they drink? 1.They aren’t really too good with the whole risk/reward equation thing. 2.Even when they get it, they can’t quite process it. 3.The rewards are sometimes over exaggerated. 4.The consequences are sometimes under exaggerated. 5.We don’t always have the best parenting skills.

GOALS FOR TODAY: 1.Help you help parents understand why teens drink (as a hint, it’s the same reason they do almost anything) 2.Help you help parents to ask the four critical questions that, if answered honestly, can reduce underage drinking. 3.Share some resources that you can share with parents to reduce underage drinking.

1. Where do youth get alcohol? 2. Where do youth use alcohol? 3. Why do youth get away with using alcohol? 4. What makes youth think they want to use alcohol?

1. Where do youth get alcohol?

2. Where do youth use alcohol?

3. Why do youth get away with using alcohol? Elephant

3. Why do youth get away with using alcohol? Kids used to drink behind their parents’ backs. Now, it’s their parents who are doing the pouring.

4. What makes youth think they want to use alcohol?

Good friends

GOALS FOR TODAY: 1.Help you help parents understand why teens drink (as a hint, it’s the same reason they do almost anything) 2.Help you help parents to ask the four critical questions that, if answered honestly, can reduce underage drinking. 3.Share some resources that you can share with parents to reduce underage drinking.

For individual parents looking for resources

Hang Glider

MCRUD PAM Parent Teen Pledge card

For parent groups already organized or trying to organize

pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/ AA78/AA78.pdf ALCOHOL ALERT #78, JULY, 2009: A DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE ON UNDERAGE ALCOHOL USE

pages/program_ideas.htm

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Ken Dail Executive Director, Prevention Network Coordinator, Michigan Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking PO Box 4458 East Lansing, MI Fax – twitter.com/pnmichigan