- Commitment to Education
- Communication
- Rule Setting and Consequences- convey expectations clearly, set reasonable limits
- Be Involved
- Be accessible to you child after school
- Nurture your relationship with your child
- Accentuate the positive
- Provide structure
- Have dinner together
- Implement family rituals and routines
- Encourage involvement in organized activities
- Monitor internet usage
- Take advantage of teachable moments
- Encourage your child to be open with you
- Be a good role model- Child do what you do, not what you say
- Discourage your child’s involvement with alcohol in your home
- Help your child learn to deal with peer pressure – role play refusal skills
- Help your child cope with stress – build resiliency
- Teach your child effective decision making skills – Stop, think, go
- Express confidence in your child’s ability to be responsible
- Monitor your child’s friends and activities
- Encourage your child to avoid parties with drugs or alcohol – give them a code to call you
- Make sure your child’s parties are drug and alcohol free
