Power of Parents - Free Event!

MADD Connecticut, in Partnership with Connecticut Experiential Learning Center, Holds Power of Parents Workshop

Research Shows Parents Should Talk Early, Talk Often With Children About Underage Drinking

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Connecticut and Connecticut Experiential Learning Center will be holding a Power of Parents Workshop on September 29, 2015 to provide parents with tips, tools and techniques for having conversations with their teens about the dangers of underage drinking.

A new MADD and Nationwide Survey shows that about one-third of parents believe the ages in which to start talking with their children about alcohol are 14-18 in high school. Because research shows children start weighing the pros and cons of underage drinking as early as age 8, as 2nd-3rd graders in elementary school, MADD urges parents to start talking much earlier and to keep talking as those perceptions about alcohol continue to form and change through age 21.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 6:30 pm

Connecticut Experiential Learning Center, 28 School Street, 2nd Floor, Branford, CT

About 4,700 people die each year as a result of underage drinking — more than all other illegal drugs combined. Previous research shows that parents are the number one influence on their children’s decisions about alcohol, so MADD and Nationwide encourage parents to start ongoing conversations with their children about the dangers of underage drinking, using the Power of Parents handbook as their guide. Parents can get the free handbook at www.madd.org/powerofparents.