Ken Dail Executive Director, Prevention Network

1. Ken Dail Executive Director, Prevention Network Coordinator, Michigan Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking PO Box 4458 East Lansing, MI 48826 800-968-4968 Fax – 517-393-6890 twitter.com/pnmichigan kend@preventionnetwork.org

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

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

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

7. Sledding

8. Merry-go-round

9. Critical Condition

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

11. Rope Stunt

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

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

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

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

28. 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?

29. 1. Where do youth get alcohol? www.faceproject.org

30. 2. Where do youth use alcohol?

31. 2. Where do youth use alcohol?

32. 2. Where do youth use alcohol?

33. 3. Why do youth get away with using alcohol? Elephant www.parentsempowered.org

34. 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. www.alcoholpolicymd.com

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

36. Good friends www.parentsempowered.org

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

38. For individual parents looking for resources

39. Hang Glider www.parentsempowered.org

40. www.drugfree.org/teenbrain

41. MCRUD PAM Parent Teen Pledge card

42. www.theantidrug.com

44. www.stopalcoholabuse.gov

45. For parent groups already organized or trying to organize

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

47. www.casacolumbia.org

48. www.drugfreeactionalliance.org

49. http://www.notnrhouse.org/

50. www.parentsempowered.org