** This is a request for your help - please read below and get in touch**
We are aiming to encourage parents to talk to their children about alcohol earlier.
Research has shown that parents don’t see alcohol as one of their ‘priority’ concerns and are, therefore, far less likely to talk about it with them compared to other issues.
Alcohol does, however, increase the risk and severity of other things happening that we know parents (and young people) do worry about such as violence, unwanted pregnancy, road traffic accidents. To highlight the risks and dangers of alcohol to parents and young people, a new awareness campaign, ‘Why Let Drink Decide?’ is being launched and will appear in print, TV, radio and online.
To coincide with this, we are looking for case studies. We are hoping to illustrate the consequences of alcohol by finding dads/parents/families who think it's important to talk to their kids about it.
They may have had negative experiences as a result of alcohol, but we are also looking to speak to dads who haven't suffered a negative impact from alcohol in their family, but feel that educating their children is important anyway. (We are not necessarily after hard hitting stories.)
Please get in touch if you would like to share your experiences. Write to: editor@dads-space.com or use the form:
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