Conversation Guides
Maintaining the lines of communication is key to helping your students stay healthy and happy. As a parent it is important to be able to talk openly with your students about alcohol and drug use.
Maintaining the lines of communication is key to helping your students stay healthy and happy. As a parent it is important to be able to talk openly with your students about alcohol and drug use.
The average number of times parents and their students exchange texts per day is 7-8 times with some being as high as 20 per day. Parents continue to be very engaged in their kids’ lives by influencing or maybe even picking the courses that they take, where they live, and with whom they hang out. Parents are advisers and advocates for their students.
Today’s parents continue to have influence over their students. Parents should give careful thought and plan conversations with their students about alcohol and drug misuse. Parents should explore the culture of alcohol misuse on the campus and in the community where their student lives and discuss this culture with their students. Parents should also explore and become familiar with the resources on the campus and be prepared to share these resources with their students.
Conversations starters include: