Parental Influence on Children’s Drug Use


                                Frequency of Parenting Interventions for Drug Using Youth

Parenting                  Never         Seldom             Sometimes         Often         A Lot
Interventions

Parents Talk              36.8%          32.5%             27.9%             27.9%         26.0%
to Them
About Drugs

Parents Set                  50.7%          44.8%             36.7%             28.9%         21.7%
Clear Rules
About
Behavior

Parents                           44.5%          39.2%             30.0%             25.8%         25.2%
Apply
Punishment
When Rules
Violated
 

1997 PRIDE Survey
N = 141,077 Students in
Grades 6 to 12 for 1996-1997