Resources for Parents

Eat Together Idaho

Eating together regularly as a family is one of the best ways to build and maintain strong relationships with your children. Frequent family meals are linked to positive benefits for youth, including lower rates of substance use, decreased stress, higher self-esteem, and better academic performance in school.

Visit EatTogetherIdaho.org for fresh ideas on planning family meals, keeping everyone healthy, sparking meaningful conversations, and taking stress out of meal-time the stress out of the family table.

Be The Parents

Be The Parents is Idaho’s underage drinking prevention campaign that provides parents with the information, tools, and resources they need to help prevent their child from using alcohol.

Visit BeTheParents.org for information, tips, and examples of youth who have found their alcohol-free passion.

Additional Resources

ODP YouTube Channel

Idaho Office of Suicide Prevention
Project Filter –Idaho’s Tobacco Prevention and Control Program
Idaho Regional Alcohol Drug Awareness Resource (RADAR) Center
Idaho Safe and Drug-Free Schools

The Partnership for Drug Free Kids
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Parent Resources
National Institute on Drug Abuse: Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know
“Talk, they hear you – Underage Drinking Prevention Campaign by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens
SAMHSA Tips for Teens Fact Sheets (by substance)

Above the Influence
Center on Addiction
Addiction Prevention: Can Your Child Avoid Addiction?
Mothers Against Prescription Drug Abuse