CASA Columbia Family Day is a national initiative to promote
simple acts of parental engagement as key ways to help prevent risky substance
use in children and teens. Research shows that children with hands-on parents
are far less likely to smoke, drink or use other drugs.
The SAFE Coalition believes that parental engagement is
important to the health and well-being of the youth in Van Buren County and
would like to encourage parents to take the Family Day Star Pledge at www.CASAFamilyDay.org.
“Every child deserves
to grow up healthy and happy with an adolescence that is free from addiction.
Parents, one of the best ways you can help keep your kids stay substance free
is to be engaged in their lives – that includes being there for them at
dinner,” says Jeffrey B. Lane, CASA Columbia’s Chairman. “The conversations
that take place during family dinners give you a window into what your kids are
going through and helps you keep the lines of communication open with them.”
Adolescence is the critical period for the initiation of
risky substance use and its consequences.
• Nine out of 10 Americans who meet the medical criteria for addiction started smoking, drinking, or using other drugs before age 18.
• Addiction is a disease that in most cases begins in adolescence so preventing or delaying teens from using nicotine, alcohol, or other drugs for as long as possible is crucial to their health and safety.
• Preventing or delaying teens from using alcohol, nicotine or other drugs for as long as possible is crucial to their health and safety.
• Nine out of 10 Americans who meet the medical criteria for addiction started smoking, drinking, or using other drugs before age 18.
• Addiction is a disease that in most cases begins in adolescence so preventing or delaying teens from using nicotine, alcohol, or other drugs for as long as possible is crucial to their health and safety.
• Preventing or delaying teens from using alcohol, nicotine or other drugs for as long as possible is crucial to their health and safety.
The SAFE Coalition is committed to strengthening families
and believes that celebrating Family Day is an important first step in helping
to keeping America’s children and teens free of addiction. For additional
information about Family Day, visit www.CASAFamilyDay.org
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