The Stronger Influence
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Know the Risks

Your children see you as the strongest influence in their lives. As parents, there are certain steps you can take or specific habits you can adopt in your own home to help prevent your teens from underage drinking. Take the following survey to find out what you can do.

  1. Have you put your family’s rules about alcohol in writing?
    Yes No
  2. Have you had a conversation with your son or daughter about your family’s rules about alcohol?
    Yes No
  3. Have you asked older children and adult friends and family members to never provide your underage child alcohol?
    Yes No
  4. Do you have alcohol in the home?
    Yes No
  5. Do you host parties where alcohol is served?
    Yes No
  6. Do you allow youth under 21 to drink in your home?
    Yes No
  7. Do you feel very knowledgeable about the biological, behavioral, and social consequences to underage drinking?
    Yes No
  8. Do you feel very knowledgeable about the laws about underage drinking in Hawaii?
    Yes No
  9. If you’re a male, do you consume more than 4 drinks in one sitting?
    If you’re a female do you drink more than 3 drinks in one sitting?
    Yes No