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Should you lock alcohol away from teens?
Lead by example all you want, but teens and alcohol present a challenge. Teen drinking and alcoholism are issues nationwide, and teens continue to be an inquisitive, impulsive and daring lot. It might...
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Monday Mom challenge: Check your relationship with alcohol
Motherhood is a stressful job. More than one mom has joked, “Now I know why mothers drink!” But is it really a joke? Alcohol use isn’t just an I-had-a-stressful day solution. Its consumption affects...
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Getting help with alcohol issues
You can do it, all right. You can lead by example, have a healthy relationship with alcohol, be firm about boundaries and safety, have open lines of communication in your home and still have issues...
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Are you sending mixed messages about alcohol?
Not one parent among us is perfect. We all have quirks and downfalls -- and areas in which we are tying to communicate expected behaviors even while not consistently leading by example. One of those...
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Alcohol and your heart: What you should know
Over the past several years we’ve heard a lot about the heart-healthy benefits of alcohol, but that doesn’t mean a green light when it comes to overindulging in beer, wine and spirits. Moderation is...
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Study finds 1 in 10 kids has an alcoholic parent
New research on parents and alcohol has produced some disturbing claims: 10 percent of children in the U.S. are growing up with adults who abuse alcohol. These kids are at greater risk for abuse and...
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Mom story: I got sober for my family
Kate Thorp-Hickner, 42, of Royal Oak, Michigan, chooses to be sober and cherishes each moment she spends with her husband, tween daughter and teen stepson — time she almost didn’t have after struggling...
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