With funding from the NSW Government the project aims to train parents of young people 12-17 years of age across Macarthur to work with, and educate other parents about drug and alcohol issues as well as where to get help, support and information in their community.

The project aims to build on existing parental networks, eg: through junior sports clubs, churches, performing arts, which would increase the likelihood of recruitment of parents as Parent Peer Educators and ensure sustainable and repeatable outcomes.

Project Aims

• An increase in the knowledge of alcohol and other drug issues by parents/carers in the Macarthur region.
• An increase in knowledge of AOD services by parents/carers.
• Increase the opportunity for parents to discuss alcohol and other drug issues with their children and other parents
• Increase the modeling of appropriate drinking behaviour of parents to their children
• Increase the level of parental monitoring of adolescent drinking
• Increased awareness of the risks of teenage drinking at risky levels
• Increased awareness of the links between early onset of risky drinking and problematic behaviours
• Increased awareness and implementation of parenting strategies to prevent and reduce alcohol and other drug related harms among young people
• Increased confidence among parents about addressing alcohol and other drug related issues with their children
• Increased importance of the need to delay the onset of alcohol and other drug use among young people

Project Report
Click here to download a copy of the Parent Links Project Report (Large file 700kb)

Project Resources
For information about your teenager and alcohol and other drugs check out the Strengthening Parents page.