About Drinkwise
This website is brought to you by DrinkWise Australia, an evidence-based organisation focused on promoting change towards a more responsible drinking culture in Australia. The information in this website has been gathered from DrinkWise’s own current research, research from authoritative studies, and knowledge gained in consultation with experts in the fields of biomedicine and child and adolescent psychology.
This website aims to provide information to assist parents interested in finding out how their drinking may influence how their children drink in the future and provides a range of content to help:
1. Provide tips for parents on some possible responses to your toddler’s curly questions about alcohol
2. Provide tips for parents with teenagers
Although drinking alcohol is often regarded as a ‘rite of passage’ for young people, it is important for parents to know that they have the power to have a positive influence on their children’s future drinking behaviour - kids absorb your drinking.
The information is presented in four sections, each dealing with the different stages where your drinking can influence your child: