Resources for Families
Help Reduce the Chances Your Child Will Develop a Drug or Alcohol Problem
Build a warm & supportive relationship with your child.
Be a good role model when it comes to drinking, taking medicine & handling stress.
Know your child's risk level.
Know your child's friends.
Monitor, supervise & set boundaries.
Have ongoing conversations & provide information about drugs & alcohol.
Keep medications in a locked location.
Marijuana Talk Kit
Drug & Alcohol Talk Kit
6 Parenting Practices
MEDucation in 5 Lessons
Talking to Your Kids About Prescription Drugs
Getting High on Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs Is Dangerous
Rx to Heroin
Information in Spanish
Answering Your Child's Tough Questions About Alcohol
Signs Your Child May Be Using Alcohol or Drugs
Problems at school- falling grades, skipping class, disciplinary issues.
Sudden mood changes- temper flare-ups, irritability, defensiveness.
Personality changes, lack of interest in hobbies/activities.
Disrupted eating or sleeping habits.
Memory lapses, poor concentration, bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, lack of coordination.
Unexplained disappearance of medicines in the household.
Change in friends and/or hang-outs.
Secretiveness and withdrawing from family.
Missing things/money from the house; increased requests for cash.
What to do if your child is drinking or using drugs
You can never be too safe or intervene too early - even if you believe your child is just "experimenting."
The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids has developed an Intervention eBook to address common questions.
Download Intervention eBook (pdf)
Find more eBooks online
The WS/FCS Safe & Drug-Free Schools office can help answer your questions and identify possible referrals. You can remain anonymous if you choose or we can involve school support staff. No parent needs to feel alone We are here to help.
"Did you drink when you were a kid?"
"You drink alcohol, so why can't I?
"Why do you drink?"
The Science of Substance Use
The Science of Addiction: Genetics and the Brain - from the University of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center.