Welcome to "Talking with Teens About Alcohol and Social Media: A Prevention Toolkit for Parents", a parenting program that aims to strengthen parent and teen communication and to provide tips and strategies for talking with your teens about social media and substance use. Our goal is that parents utilize the "Talking with Teens About Alcohol and Social Media: A Prevention Toolkit for Parents" website as a starting point to learn more about social media and substance use and as a guide when having conversations with their teens about these topics. Ultimately, we hope that participating in "Talking with Teens About Alcohol and Social Media: A Prevention Toolkit for Parents" will give parents the information, tips, and strategies they need to use when talking to their teens and will lead to more productive and enjoyable conversations.
The modules you are about to view are based on the best information available to help parents talk with teens about these topics. Talking with Teens About Alcohol and Social Media: A Prevention Toolkit for Parents" was developed by Dr. Dana Litt and Dr. Melissa Lewis at the University of Texas at Arlington - School of Social Work with the input of other parents and teens just like you!
These modules are meant to help guide conversations. As such, we want to stress how important it is that conversations are ongoing! The tips and strategies in these modules could serve as a starting point for conversations for you to have with your teen. Even if you have already had some of these conversations with your teen, science shows that having multiple conversations over time is still important. You also may choose to have conversations before, during, or after any social media or substance use concerns arise in your family.