Who’d be a parent - your role in drug and alcohol prevention
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Presentation to parents about drug and alcohol prevention and parenting. More information and tips for parents on our website http://www.mentoruk.org.uk/for-parents-and-carers/
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Who’d be a parent - your role in drug and alcohol prevention
- 1. Who’d be a parent? Drink, drugs and what we can do about them Photo by Flickr user Bart
- 2. • Things you should know about alcohol and drugs • Things you should know about the influence you have as a parent • Let’s think about practical things we can do?
- 4. Chief Medical Officer’s Advice on Alcohol • an alcohol-free childhood is the healthiest and best option - if children drink alcohol, it shouldn't be before they reach 15 years old • the importance of parental influences on children's alcohol use should be communicated to parents, carers and professionals.
- 5. Source: Tapert & Schweinsburg, 2005 Brain Development
- 6. Boys who drank 8 or more units in the last week at the age of 16 were between 10 and 25% less likely to get a degree. Staff,J.et.al.(2008),TeenageAlcoholUseandEducationalAttainment, JournalofStudiesonAlcoholandDrugs Photo by Flickr user Caro Wallis Mean consumption by 11 to 15 year old pupils in London who had drunk in the last week 9.2 units.
- 7. Drinking once or twice a week is associated with scores around 20 points lower (three grades) at GCSE. Green,R.andRoss,A.(2010),Youngpeople’salcoholconsumption anditsrelationshiptootheroutcomesandbehaviour.NationalCentre forSocialResearch Photo by Flickr user Kewima 1 in 5 drinking at least once a week by the age of 15 years.
- 8. Drunkenness before the age of is highly correlated with other risky behaviours including • Smoking • Cannabis use • Low academic performance Photo by Flickr user fanz Kuntsche,E.,et.al.(2013),NotEarlyDrinkingbutEarlyDrunkennessIsaRisk FactorforProblemBehaviorsAmongAdolescentsfrom38EuropeanandNorth AmericanCountries.Alcoholism:ClinicalandExperimentalResearch 1 in 7 13 year olds say they have been drunk at least twice.
- 9. Drank in past week - 28% Used drugs in past month - 12% Smoked in last week - 16% All 15 year olds No recent substance use - 64% Smoking, drinking and drug use overlap in 15 year olds Fuller, E. (2012) Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2011. Health and Social Care Information Centre
- 10. THINGS PARENTS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THEIR INFLUENCE Photo by Flickr user JD Hancock
- 11. • Most (7 in 10) teenagers see parents as sources of useful information about drugs & alcohol. • This doesn’t diminish over time. US studies parents can effect drinking behaviour right into adulthood. • Your positive effect also effects your kids friends (the halo effect).
- 12. But... Photo by Flickr user StarAlex1
- 13. 75% of parents say they’ve had a conversation about drugs with their children 36% of their children say they’ve had a conversation about drugs with their parents Lifecourse Tracker, Department of Health 2012
- 15. Eat together as a family
- 17. Useopportunitiestotalk Photo by Flickr user nWoSyxx
- 18. Talk about the important things going on in your children’s lives
- 19. Make sure you know where they are when they’re not with you
Notas do Editor
- parents and young people should be aware that, even at age 15 or older drinking can be hazardous to health and not drinking is the healthiest option for young people.
- Mean consumption by pupils in London who had drunk in the last week 9.2 units.