Workers who are parents experience a great number of challenges today, balancing family and work responsibilities.  A study conducted by Mischel et al. revealed that two–parent households have increased their amount of working by 240 hours per year since 1989.  Furthermore, households headed by single parents have seen decreases in income from $21,281 to $20,368 for females and $36,043 to $32,325 for males. Parents who work longer hours to maintain income levels or successfully achieve employment objectives may spend less time with their children.  This may reduce their influence in deterring children from antisocial behaviors such as drug abuse or in promoting prosocial behaviors such as academic achievement.

 In addition to having a drug-free workplace program in place, many businesses are offering educational programs and material to their employee/parents to help create an awareness of their role in preventing children from engaging in drug abuse and empowering parents with prevention methods and skills.

The following is a list of resources that a company might use to develop an educational program and/or to provide educational material

Resources:

http://www.theantidrug.com/flash/tips/tips_f6.htm. Talking to your kids

http://www.theantidrug.com - Subscribe to newsletter for parents

http://www.emory.edu/NFIA/ National Families in Action

http://www.samhsa.gov/media/whats_new.html Report of key factors in youth substance abuse

http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/  - Partnership for a drug-free America

http://www.josephsoninstitute.org/Survey2000/violence2000-pressrelease.htm

 Relationship between violence and substance abuse in youth