Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is urging families who are at home and social distancing to use it as an opportunity to talk about\u00a0the risks of underage drinking and drug use with their children.<\/p>\n
Every year, as part of MADD\u2019s Power of Parents program, Spring is designated \u201cPowerTalk 21\u201d \u2014 a time for parents to initiate or revisit conversations about upcoming events where alcohol or drugs may be more prevalent.<\/p>\n
MADD is now expanding the online availability of PowerTalk 21, \u201cWeed Out Fact from Fiction\u201d to reach families at home.<\/p>\n
It comes as new research has revealed one in three middle school students have consumed marijuana by the time they finish middle school, and one in eight middle school students reported consuming marijuana in the past month.<\/p>\n
The new research and well-known facts about the dangers of underage drinking, are all featured in this year\u2019s program.<\/p>\n
\u201cTraditionally, this has been a crucial time to start having conversations or to renew them,\u201d\u00a0said MADD National President Helen Witty. \u201cThe spring months are filled with milestone events like spring break, prom and graduation, occasions that can increase the presence of alcohol and other drugs.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe recognize that many of these events have been canceled or could be canceled in the coming weeks. We also recognize that in time, our children and grandchildren will return to school. Local businesses will reopen. And the risks of underage alcohol and drug use will remain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Free Facebook Live presentations of the latest research and tips for parents to start conversations with their underage children are taking place every Wednesday in April at noon on MADD\u2019s Facebook page @MADD.Official and a free download of the Power of Parents Handbook for parents of middle school and high school students is available at http:\/\/www.madd.org\/powerofparents.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is urging families who are at home and social distancing to use it as an opportunity to talk about\u00a0the risks of underage drinking and drug use with their children. Every year, as part of MADD\u2019s Power of Parents program, Spring is designated \u201cPowerTalk 21\u201d \u2014 a time for parents to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":9666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-safety-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}