Parent Resources
Parents: The Most Powerful Prevention
Parenting is hard. There is no “manual” yet if there was, here are some of the chapters! Within are tools, tips, videos, audios, even an app or two. The more we know, the better we do.
TLDR: Talk early, talk often… and by talk, we mean ask and listen.
Building Bright Brains
Parents of LITTLES
Start the Conversation
Parenting for Prevention
- Powerful Parenting 3 min videos
- Family Code Quiz & Family Activities – see Tabs
- Parenting for Healthy Adolescents
- Essentials for Parenting Teens – CDC
- Preventing Risks – Center for Parent and Teen Communication
- Setting Limits to Prevent Substance Use
- Empowering Youth – Responsibility.org
- Talking to Your Kids – Nemours KidsHealth
- Family Dinners: Food and Fun
- College Readiness Toolkit
- Visual Articles from ParentingUP
Got Concerns?
- Substance Use Risk Assessment – Partnership to End Addiction
- Family Checkup – NIH
- Check Your Drinking | Alcohol | CDC
- How worried should I be?
See the “Get Support” for an interactive way to find treatment and resources.
Teen Parties
Nicotine: Vaping & Pouches
Losing your cool?
- Parent Stress Line: 1-800-632-8188
- Parents Helping Parents
Is a link no longer working? Did you find what you needed? What would be most helpful to you? Is there a resource not listed that we should consider? Please email Stephanie at ssimeon@medwayschools.org.