How would you know if your child is using alcohol or drugs? Being a kid can be very stressful and most youth demonstrate signs of stress at times during their childhood and adolescence. Usually, these signs of stress are transient and, although they certainly warrant discussion with your youth, they don’t generally represent a need for extensive outside intervention from you or others. [Read more…]
It’s Alcohol Awareness Month
For the 26th year, April is being recognized as Alcohol Awareness Month. This year’s theme is “Healthy Choices, Healthy Communities: Prevent Underage Drinking”. The focus is on increasing public awareness and understanding of the public health issue of underage drinking. The use of alcohol by young people has some startling facts: [Read more…]