Policy and Advocacy: Alcohol, Education

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Advice for parents

Monday, August 30, 2010

The Australian Drug Foundation says it is important parents understand the critical role they play in introducing children to alcohol. Parents are currently one of the main sources of alcohol for young people, so it is vital that they teach their children about it and how to act responsibly. When it comes to teaching children about alcohol, remember the three Rs:

Campus crackdown

Monday, August 30, 2010

It once marketed itself as the party university, but now the University of Otago’s academic reputation is under threat internationally because of the binge-drinking and bacchanalian revelry of its students. The university is trying to reverse its drinking culture, but how much can it achieve when, across society, drinking to excess has become the norm for the young?

Health and physical education curriculum

Monday, June 1, 1998

The Foundation supports the health and physical education stream as an integral part of the wider curriculum. This stream should have equal emphasis to other streams. We support the concept of well-being as described in the document, the four streams of learning and the value the document places on both relationships (between individuals and within communities) and the development of individual skills.