IMPORTANT TOOLS TO KEEP YOUR TEENAGERS SAFE WHEN THEY GO OUT

• CURFEW.  Set and consistently enforce curfew times.  Refer to the chart below for the Goodhue County community curfews.  This law applies year round.
• Be awake and interact with your child when they come home.
• Clearly tell your children (every time they go out!) your expectations that they not use illegal substances.  Statistics tell us that the #1 reason kids choose to refrain from illegal substance use is because they don't want disappoint their parents.
• Talk to your children in advance about situations that may arise around alcohol, drugs and tobacco.
• In order to remove themselves from uncomfortable siuations, give your children to use you as their "scapegoat" to their peers.
• Offer your children a safe ride home if they are ever in a situation that threatens their safety.  Assure them that no questions will be asked until you can have a calm and caring discusssion regarding that situation.
• Remove or keep alcohol in a locked are of your home to avoid temptation for your children or your children's friends.
• Get to know your children's friends and their parents.  Kids have a hotline of communications .... develop a network among the parents, as well.  (Use the Safe Homes Directory - within this website).
• Establish clear "sleepover" rules or ban sleepovers altogether.  Teens will often spend teh night away from home if they plan to use illegal substances.
• Tell your child you will be checking up on their plans, and then do it .... "Truth through verification".

Community Curfew Information

Cannon Falls

Goodhue

Kenyon

Red Wing

Wanamingo

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