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Creating a Family Agreement

Keeping your child alcohol free helps:

  • Lower the chances that your child will get into trouble with alcohol as a teenager (1)

  • Your child be successful in school (2)

  • Lower the chances that your child will use tobacco or marijuana (3)

  • Have a good relationship with your child during the teen years

  • Lower the risk of alcohol-related car crashes (4)

  • Delay the start of sexual activity (5)

  • Avoid injuries due to fights or accidents (6)

  • Protect your child’s mental health

  • Lower the risk that your child develops an alcohol use disorder later in life (7)

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Download Your Family Agreement

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Your Family Agreement

Fill out the agreement by downloading and printing to complete for each child.

Resources for parents & kids

Want to see more? 

  • Ask, Listen, Learn has videos about how alcohol affects the brain – share them with your kids!

Want to learn more about parenting teens?

FamilyRules Resources

References

  1. Hawkins, J. D., Graham, J. W., Maguin, E., Abbott, R., Hill, K. G., & Catalano, R. F. (1997). Exploring the effects of age of alcohol use initiation and psychosocial risk factors on subsequent alcohol misuse. Journal of studies on alcohol, 58(3), 280–290. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsa.1997.58.280

  2. Ellickson, P. L., Tucker, J. S., & Klein, D. J. (2003). Ten-year prospective study of public health problems associated with early drinking. Pediatrics, 111(5 Pt 1), 949–955. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.111.5.949

  3. Kandel, D. B., Yamaguchi, K., & Chen, K. (1992). Stages of progression in drug involvement from adolescence to adulthood: further evidence for the gateway theory. Journal of studies on alcohol, 53(5), 447–457. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsa.1992.53.447

  4. Gruber, E., DiClemente, R. J., Anderson, M. M., & Lodico, M. (1996). Early drinking onset and its association with alcohol use and problem behavior in late adolescence. Preventive medicine, 25(3), 293–300. https://doi.org/10.1006/pmed.1996.0059

  5. Sandfort, T. G., Orr, M., Hirsch, J. S., & Santelli, J. (2008). Long-term health correlates of timing of sexual debut: results from a national US study. American journal of public health, 98(1), 155–161. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2006.097444

  6. Hingson, R. W., Heeren, T., Jamanka, A., & Howland, J. (2000). Age of drinking onset and unintentional injury involvement after drinking. JAMA, 284(12), 1527–1533. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.284.12.1527

  7. DeWit, D. J., Adlaf, E. M., Offord, D. R., & Ogborne, A. C. (2000). Age at first alcohol use: a risk factor for the development of alcohol disorders. The American journal of psychiatry, 157(5), 745–750. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.5.745

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