About Parents LEAD

Parents – You are the one who educates and the one who needs to discuss with your kids underage drinking is illegal and too much alcohol can kill.

Underage drinking can have serious consequences. You can protect your kids from the risks associated with drinking by maintaining open communication and expressing a clear, consistent message about alcohol. Building a close relationship with your kids will encourage them to come to you for help in making decisions that impact their health and well-being.

This Web site will provide facts and practical advice on how to talk to your kids about underage drinking. It will help you create household rules that support your values.

Society gives kids mixed messages about alcohol. Make sure that your kids get their information from the best resource available – YOU.

Parents LEAD Program Office, PO Box 527, Dickinson, ND 58602-0527

Telephone: 701-225-4677 Fax: 701-225-8162 Web Site: www.ParentsLEAD.org

This Web site is disseminated under the sponsorship of the North Dakota Department of Transportation, Office of Traffic Safety in the interest of information exchange. The state of North Dakota assumes no liability for the contents or use thereof.

Information Sources: 2005 North Dakota Youth Risk Behavior Survey; Dr. Paul Griffin Jones; Health Alliance on Alcohol; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation; Phoenix House; Sociology Department of State University of New York, Professor David J. Hanson, Ph.D.; Students Against Destructive Decisions; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; US Department of Health & Human Services; Washington State Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse; collegedrinkingprevention.gov; connectingwithkids.com and ourdrink.com.