For Parents
Your kids are learning about substance use from some one. Make sure it is you.
Parents face many challenges in raising healthy, substance-free kids. SAFE helps connect parents to the information, tools and resources they need to understand the issues, talk to their kids and monitor their activities.
Based on youth survey data, the coalition has identified underage drinking, inhalant abuse, prescription drug abuse, smoking and marijuana use as current areas of focus.
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Use, You Lose is SAFE’s longest-running initiative, reaching children and their parents from kindergarten through grade 12 in Chesterfield County Public Schools. Learn how you can use this initiative to start conversations with your child about alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Read more...
Did you know that Chesterfield teens think parents disapprove of underage drinking less than they disapprove of smoking? Yet underage drinking kills more teens than all other substances combined. Your attitude about underage drinking can make a big difference in what your teen chooses to do. Read more..
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Inhalant abuse, the breathing of concentrated fumes or vapors of common household products to get high, can damage the brain. Inhalants can cause death the first time, or any time, they are used. Middle school students are at greatest risk.
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Prescription drug and over-the-counter medication abuse is a nationwide concern. Chesterfield teens are using at rates higher than the national average. What can parents do? Read more...
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Did you know Chesterfield teens think that smoking marijuana is less harmful than smoking cigarettes? How can you address the risks of marijuana use with your teen? Read more...
Although smoking has lost much of its glamour, many teens are still lighting up. Teens who don’t use tobacco before they turn 18, the legal age for use, are much less likely to ever develop the habit. How can you keep them smoke-free? Read more...
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Knowledge is power. Caring is power.
Use them both to protect your kids from substance abuse.
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