Resources for Parents
The resources on this page are designed to equip parents with some scripts and tools that will help them engage in effective communication with their college-attending child. Many common situations that increase the risk for high-risk drinking, like the 21st birthday, spring break, and housing and roommates are covered.
For more information, please visit the College Parents Matter website.
Cannabis Fact Sheet: Let’s Talk About Cannabis
This fact sheet provides definitions of terminology such as cannabis, marijuana, THC, and CBD.
Real Kids are Curious About Alcohol
Short, frequent discussions can have a real impact on your child’s decisions about alcohol.
Fall Semester—A Time for Parents To Discuss the Risks of College Drinking
As college students arrive on campus this fall, it is typically a time of new experiences, new friendships, and making memories that will last a lifetime. Unfortunately for many, it is also a time of harmful and underage drinking.
What Parents Need to Know About College Drinking
The purpose of this brochure is to highlight practical information from A Call to Action that parents can use in choosing a college for their son or daughter, and to help parents better understand campus culture.
Safety Tips for Parents
Spring Break is just around the corner and is a time when college students may be at particularly high risk of experiencing alcohol-related problems.
Monitoring Your Teen’s Activities: What Parents and Families Should Know
The teen years are a time of rapid growth, exploration, and risk taking. Taking risks provides young people the opportunity to test their skills and abilities and discover who they are.
Providing Alcohol to Youth: What Messages Should We Be Sending Parents?
Parental allowance/supervision, while drinking and parental supply is generally associated with increased adolescent alcohol use,
Join Us in Celebrating a Legislative Victory
We joined our forces and our voices to ask the Maryland General Assembly to ban the sale of grain alcohol in Maryland, and they listened. Now it’s time to celebrate.
Brief Report: Tailgating as A Unique Context For Parental Modeling On College Student Alcohol Use
Little attention has been directed toward potential differential effects of the various contexts in which parents model alcohol use. The present study examined college football tailgating as a potential context in which parental modeling may be more or less risky.
Eight Points For Parents Speaking With Students About Alcohol
Any parent who reads the newspaper or watches news on television has seen and heard tragic stories about the outcome of excessive drinking on campus. Parents are frightened by these stories and have every right to be.
Parents – Spring Break Is Another Important Time to Discuss College Drinking
Alcohol acts as both a stimulant and a depressant. So, while people who drink may temporarily feel elated and happy, the feeling does not last and alcohol’s depressive effects take over.
Resources for Parents
Tools and scripts for parents to improve communication with their college student.
Cannabis Fact Sheet: Let’s Talk About Cannabis
This fact sheet provides definitions of terminology such as cannabis, marijuana, THC, and CBD.
Real Kids are Curious About Alcohol
Short, frequent discussions can have a real impact on your child’s decisions about alcohol.
Fall Semester—A Time for Parents To Discuss the Risks of College Drinking
As college students arrive on campus this fall, it is typically a time of new experiences, new friendships, and making memories that will last a lifetime. Unfortunately for many, it is also a time of harmful and underage drinking.
What Parents Need to Know About College Drinking
The purpose of this brochure is to highlight practical information from A Call to Action that parents can use in choosing a college for their son or daughter, and to help parents better understand campus culture.
Safety Tips for Parents
Spring Break is just around the corner and is a time when college students may be at particularly high risk of experiencing alcohol-related problems.
Monitoring Your Teen’s Activities: What Parents and Families Should Know
The teen years are a time of rapid growth, exploration, and risk taking. Taking risks provides young people the opportunity to test their skills and abilities and discover who they are.
Providing Alcohol to Youth: What Messages Should We Be Sending Parents?
Parental allowance/supervision, while drinking and parental supply is generally associated with increased adolescent alcohol use,
Join Us in Celebrating a Legislative Victory
We joined our forces and our voices to ask the Maryland General Assembly to ban the sale of grain alcohol in Maryland, and they listened. Now it’s time to celebrate.
Brief Report: Tailgating as A Unique Context For Parental Modeling On College Student Alcohol Use
Little attention has been directed toward potential differential effects of the various contexts in which parents model alcohol use. The present study examined college football tailgating as a potential context in which parental modeling may be more or less risky.
Eight Points For Parents Speaking With Students About Alcohol
Any parent who reads the newspaper or watches news on television has seen and heard tragic stories about the outcome of excessive drinking on campus. Parents are frightened by these stories and have every right to be.
Parents – Spring Break Is Another Important Time to Discuss College Drinking
Alcohol acts as both a stimulant and a depressant. So, while people who drink may temporarily feel elated and happy, the feeling does not last and alcohol’s depressive effects take over.