Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. • Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. • Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. • Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. • Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. • Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. • Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. • Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. • Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. • Alcohol can impair proper teen brain development. • Drinking can program a teen's brain for alcoholism. • Drinking starts as early as grade school in Utah. • Express love daily to your kids. • Participate in fun activities as a family. • Eat dinner together as a family. • Listen with love and empathy to your children. • Set clear "no-alcohol" rules for your children. • Establish consequences for underage drinking. • Follow through on no-alcohol rules. • Review family rules regularly. • Know where your kids are. • Know who your kids are with. • Know what your kids are doing. •
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BYU study finds indulgent parents may aid binge drinking
June 24, 2010 1:00 pm
PROVO — You can't just love your kids away from alcohol. In fact, teens who viewed their parents as warm and affectionate, but lax in their monitoring, were three times more likely to engage in heavy drinking than their loved and supervised peers, according to a new BYU study.Read More
With Drinking, Parent Rules Do Affect Teens' Choices
May 31, 2010 3:00 pm
As teenagers mature into their senior year of high school, many parents begin to feel more comfortable about letting them drink alcohol. But new research from brain scientists and parenting experts suggests loosening the reins on drinking may not be a good idea in the long run.Read More
Underage Drinking Ills Targeted
May 12, 2010 2:00 pm
BOUNTIFUL — Have you seen the “Mother Thumbs” ad on TV, ending with “Yes. They’re Opposable. They oppose underage drinking.”
That campaign, and more importantly its message, took center stage, last week, at a Bountiful Town Hall meeting targeting ways to combat underage drinking. Read More
Cause for Concern: National Study Shows Reversal in Decade-Long Declines in Teen Abuse of Drugs and Alcohol
March 22, 2010 3:00 pm
Research tells us that kids in grades 7-12 who learn a lot about the dangers of drugs from their parents are up to 50 percent less likely to ever use.Read More
Teen Drinking May Cause Irreversible Brain Damage
February 16, 2010 1:00 am
A recent study led by neuroscientist Susan Tapert of the University of California, San Diego compared the brain scans of teens who drink heavily with the scans of teens who don't.Read More
ParentsEmpowered Awarded 2009 Governor's Award
December 15, 2009 1:00 pm
Presentation of 2009 USAAV Governor’s Awards
Each year, the USAAV Council honors individuals, organizations and programs that have made outstanding contributions to Utah’s efforts to eliminate substance abuse and violence. Read More
Garbage trucks to trash teen drinking
December 01, 2009 5:02 pm
A fleet of 75 garbage trucks plastered with messages that underage drinking is well, garbage, was unveiled Tuesday by local government officials and a parents' advocacy group hoping to mobilize communities to eliminate it.Read More
Salt Lake mayors dispatch critical message on garbage trucks
December 01, 2009 3:03 pm
SALT LAKE COUNTY -- People across Salt Lake County will start to see new messages aimed at underage drinking, delivered right on their streets. Garbage trucks roll through all of our residential neighborhoods once a week. So, the mayors of Salt Lake County and Salt Lake City decided to "go to the curb" to call attention to the dangers of underage drinking.Read More
Garbage Trucks Discourage Teen Drinking
December 01, 2009 1:00 pm
Three large fleets of garbage trucks carrying mobile billboards displaying underage drinking messages are now rolling down Utah streets. Read More
Drug Education in December
November 30, 2009 4:00 pm
For the seventeenth consecutive year, a representative from FCD (Freedom from Chemical Dependency) will be visiting Rowland Hall’s Middle and Upper Schools. FCD is a non-profit organization based in Needham, Massachusetts that provides alcohol, tobacco, and other drug information to schools and colleges in the United States and abroad.Read More
Upcoming Events
Archived Events
Northwest Alcohol Conference and ParentsEmpowered
July 29, 2010
The third annual alcohol and substance abuse conference held at the Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah, has invited ParentsEmpowered to present the dangerous effects of underage drinking and the proven skills to prevent it. Read More
PTA and ParentsEmpowered.org
May 13, 2010
The Utah Parent Teacher Association (PTA) has invited ParentsEmpowered to present at their annual conference at BYU in Provo, Utah. Steve Wright, a ParentsEmpowered committee member, will address the dangerous effects of alcohol on a teen's developing brain and what parents can do to prevent it.Read More
Troubled Youth Conference and ParentsEmpowered
May 06, 2010
ParentsEmpowered has been invited to present at the Troubled Youth Conference on May 6th at Snowbird, Utah. Steve Wright, a ParentsEmpowered committee member, will cover the dangerous effects of underage drinking, and the proven skills to prevent it. The presentation will be held at 3:30PM.Read More
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