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The American Academy of Pediatrics has recently released new guidelines that recommend parents educate their kids about the negative consequences of alcohol when they're as young as nine-years old.
Parents can play a big role in prevention by talking about the risks, knowing their children's friends, and looking over events where alcohol may be involved. Supporting healthy activities like sports or arts for example, can provide young people with safer and more positive alternatives to drinking.
If you’re interested in cutting back on alcohol use but aren’t sure how, Forman suggests talking to your primary care physician. “That’s a great place to start,” he says. Show comments
The Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) program consists of a brief survey given to students to help them assess their alcohol usage against other students. It also consists of one or two counseling sessions granted to the students to provide support and not be confrontational regarding their alcohol use.
Substance abuse expert Jessica Lahey says research shows parents can prevent alcohol abuse in their kids by NOT letting them 'drink responsibly' at home.
Alcoholism does not have uniform effects on all families. The levels of dysfunction and resiliency of non-alcoholic adults are important factors in effects on children in the family. Children of untreated alcoholics have lower measures of family cohesion, intellectual-cultural orientation, active-recreational orientation, and independence.
The organization's name is often ascribed to Janet G. Woititz (c. 1939 – June 7, 1994), an American psychologist and researcher best known for her writings and lectures on the adult children of alcoholic parents, and author of the 1983 book Adult Children of Alcoholics. [7] [8] [9]
“Alcohol use can also interact with medications or other drugs, resulting in adverse consequences. There are also more subtle effects, such as disrupted sleep.”