Listen to...

• Their questions, stories, and interests without interruption
• Who their friends and their friends' parents are
• What pressures they are feeling

Educate about...

• Consequences of underage drinking (both legal and your own family rules)
• What your expectations are by communicating with them and by being a role-model

Ask...

• What they enjoy doing and make plans to spend time together
• What they are doing
• Where they are going
• Who they are going with
• What they think or feel

Discuss...

• Your family values
• How to handle peer pressure
• How proud you are of their good decisions/accomplishments
• Healthy choices (what they are and how to make the best choice)
• Ways and reasons to refuse drugs and alcohol
• Rules, expectations, and consequences