Parent Resources

Below are few resources to help your family navigate those hard conversations and decisions.

*If your child is suicidal, it’s a medical emergency.

Please CALL 911 for medical personnel or 988 for mental health personnel.

If your child is in psychosis or mania, take him/her to the Emergency Room!

How Parents Can Prevent Drug Abuse Among Youth-

Natural High

In the Natural High Essentials, we share articles with the most relevant research on drug and alcohol prevention, provide simple strategies families can use to build better relationships with their kid(s), and offer effective ways to break through and teach meaningful life lessons.

Raising Resilient Kids

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Healthy Kids Start Here

Working together with national leaders in youth development and children’s health, Partnership to

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Alcohol Resources

Know When Know How

The Know When. Know How.℠ campaign is a statewide, research-based education and prevention effort targeted to Pennsylvania parents of children ages 8 through 12. The objective of the campaign is to prevent underage drinking by providing information and tools for parents so they can engage their children in discussion before trial or use of alcohol even begins.

Talk They Hear You

Check out these “Talk. They Hear You.”® campaign resources to help you start—and keep up—the conversation about the dangers of drinking alcohol and using other drugs at a young age.

MADD Power of Parents

Free Parent Resources Available

MADD’s free parent and legal guardian resources, available at the links below, arm you with the knowledge you need to communicate clear expectations to the teens in your life. Research shows that they are far less likely to engage in risky behaviors when caring adults have open dialogue around the dangers of substance use and impaired driving. We hope you find these handbooks and audiobooks helpful in guiding those conversations.

THC Resources

Johnny's Ambassadors

Johnny’s Ambassadors is a non-partisan, non-profit, grass-roots alliance of individuals and organizations around the globe concerned about the harms of youth THC use. Founder & CEO, Laura Stack, started Johnny’s Ambassadors after her 19-year-old son, Johnny, died by suicide after becoming psychotic from dabbing high-THC concentrates.

Marijuana Talk kit

Marijuana Talk Kit

Vaping Resources

Protecting Youth From the Harms of Vaping

There are many ways parents and caregivers can help protect their children from vaping.

Set a good example for youth by being tobacco-free. If you use tobacco, it's never too late to quit. For free help, visit CDC.gov/Quit or call 1-800-QUIT-NOW.
Make your home tobacco-free. Ensure your child is not exposed to secondhand smoke or aerosol from any tobacco products, including vapes.
Talk to your child or teen about why vaping is harmful to them. Ask them to stay away from all tobacco products, including vape products, because none are safe. It's never too early or too late to start these conversations.

Parents Against Vaping

Parents Against Vaping is a grassroots community of passionate parents and concerned individuals committed to protecting children from the dangers of vaping and other flavored tobacco use.

As the first and only national parent organization fighting the vaping and tobacco industries, we educate parents and communities and empower them to take a stand and safeguard the health of our children by teaching them to advocate for local, state, and federal legislation to end sales of these flavored products that are hooking millions of kids.

Social Media Resources

Shape the Sky

Shaping the Way Our Children Use SmartphonesInternet and social media are here to stay. Good can come from this kind of connectedness online, but the flipside is filled with false information, risky behavior, cyberbullying, sexualized and concerning content. Shape the Sky is dedicated to spreading awareness to help parents and professionals create safe and responsible children online.

Join the discussion and help us make a difference.

Make a Family Media Plan

Media is everywhere and managing it all can be tough. Having a plan can help.

Create rules for media and technology that are in line with your family’s values.

Discuss them with your kids. Here are a few example rules to consider:

Set screen-free zones (such as the dinner table) to strengthen family face-to-face connections.

Set screen-free times (such as during homework or before bed) so media does not interfere with learning and sleep.

Have a "one screen at a time" rule and turn off devices not in use to minimize distractions.

Gambling Resources

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The Council on Compulsive Gambling of Pennsylvania

In PA, data indicates that over 30% of students have gambled at some point in their lives. According to the American Psychiatric Association, 10–15% of young people asked have significant gambling problems.

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Here’s the score

From gaming to lottery products to betting on skill games, kids are exposed to gambling at a very early age. Often, it seems so harmless that parents and educators don’t realize the long-term effects. But the fact is, the earlier children are exposed, the more likely they are to develop a gambling problem by the time they’re in their teens. Here’s what you need to know to help keep kids from developing dangerous habits.