Parent, Caregiver Resources

Websites

Support for parents of a child struggling with alcohol or drugs. Aims to help parents gain an understanding of teen and young adult alcohol and drug abuse, dependence and addiction; get support from experts and other parents who have been there; and help them find the right help for their child and family.

Too Smart to Start

For parents and their pre-teens, ages 9-13. Too Smart to Start provides research-based strategies and materials to enhance communication between parents and children about the harms of underage alcohol use.

Talking with Kids about Tough Issues: Talk with your kids before everyone else does

Resources to help parents talk with their children about such tough issues as violence, HIV, alcohol, and drugs.

Time to Talk: Get Help Talking to Children about Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Time To Talk provides tools to help parents engage in an ongoing dialogue with their teens about living healthy lives free of alcohol and drugs. The Time to Talk Kit is a guide to starting the conversation, finding opportunities for talking and preparing for questions from your teen.

Time To Act: How to Tell If Your Teen is Using and Taking Action to Intervene

Helps parents spot signs and symptoms, have productive conversations with their teens, and find outside help if they need it.

Parenting is Prevention

Video series from the Elks Club to assist parents and others in raising children to be healthy, drug-free, productive adults.

Building Blocks for a Healthy Future

Designed for parents and caregivers of children ages 3 to 6, Building Blocks will help you open up the lines of communication with young children—and make it easier to keep those lines of communication open as they grow older.

Partnership for a Drug-Free America

Helps parents learn how to prevent children from getting involved with drugs and alcohol. Presents information and practical advice to help caregivers keep children healthy, safe and drug-free.

Parents - The Anti-Drug
Padres LaAntiDroga

Created by the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign to equip parents and other adult caregivers with the tools they need to raise drug-free kids. Parent Resources.

Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free

Underage drinking prevention focusing on children ages 9 to 15. Contains information for parents, links to prevention, research studies, and resources.

Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at Georgetown University

CAMY monitors the marketing practices of the alcohol industry to focus attention and action on industry practices that jeopardize the health and safety of America's youth. Reducing high rates of underage alcohol consumption and the suffering caused by alcohol-related injuries and deaths among young people requires using the public health strategies of limiting the access to and the appeal of alcohol to underage persons.

Stop Underage Drinking

A comprehensive portal of Federal resources for information on underage drinking and ideas for combating this issue. People interested in underage drinking prevention—including parents, educators, community-based organizations, and youth—will find a wealth of valuable information here.

College Drinking - Changing the Culture

As a parent you are a primary influence in your college-aged son's or daughter's life. Fact sheets, links, brochures.

NIDA Goes to School - Science-based Drug Abuse Education

Includes information for students and parents, and teaching resources for the classroom

Stop Bullying.gov

Provides information on how kids, teens, young adults, parents, educators and others in the community can prevent or stop bullying, including cyberbullying.

Iowa Mentoring Partnership

IMP serves as an advocate of and resource for mentoring programs across the State. SeeDirectory of Iowa mentoring programs.

Publications

The Role of Parents in Preventing and Addressing Underage Drinking (SAMHSA)

Underage Drinking Prevention: Action Guide and Planner - (SAMHSA)

Can I Borrow the Car? In Spanish brochure with tips for reducing the number of new-driver accidents

The Power of a Grandparent Brochure. Grandparents make an important contribution to their grandchildren's lives.

A Guide to Safe & Sober Event Planning - Guide to Safe and Sober Event Planning for teens and their parents

How To Be A Better Parent 16 pg booklet. Tips to help you keep your children from drugs and problem behaviors.

Keeping Youth Drug Free - 56 page guide for parents, grandparents, and other care givers, to assist them in their role of helping young people avoid substance abuse

When it's not your Kid, How do you Deal with Drug Use and Drinking? an Anti-Drug brochure.

Children are Hurt by Secondhand Smoke - U.S. Surgeon General Report

Eating Disorders (American Psychological Association) - description, causes, treatment

A Parents' Guide to Preventing Inhalant Abuse (Consumer Product Safety Commission) covers inhalant problem, effects, products abused, and prevention tips. As brochure. In Spanish.

Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters (NIMH) overview of children and trauma; description, treatment, research findings, and list of resources.

What Is Substance Abuse Treatment? A Booklet for Families this publication provides basic information to family members and friends about substance abuse treatment and recovery

The Importance of Family Dinners VII CASA Columbia report includes survey findings on the relationship between family dinners and the reduced risk of teens smoking, drinking and using illegal drugs

Take Action Against Bullying. SAMHSA booklet

Bullying Prevention - information for parents of bullies and the bullied

Bullying, Cyberbullying, When Your Child Is a Bully, and Girls and Bullying - information from the National Crime Prevention Council

What Does Gay Mean? How to Talk with Kids about Sexual Orientation and Prejudice (NMHA) designed to improve understanding and respect for youth who are gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender (GLBT).