interested in giving YOU(th) the power to DECIDE.
Parents & Guardians
- Take the PARENT PLEDGE to talk to youth about the risks of underage gambling!
- Learn how to start a conversation about gambling with youth.
- Social Media Consumption- Good or Bad?
- UK Study Finds 1/4 of E-Sports Betting Tweets Come From Kids
- Find Help for Problem Gambling.
- Video game gambling opportunities are being challenged.
- Take a look at our updated 2018 Underage Gambling Fact Sheet!
- Screen Time Linked To Teen's Happiness?
- Tips to talk to teens about risky choices like underage gambling.
- Help teens navigate technology with Media Literacy!
- Learn more about your child's brain development in early childhood.
- Preventing adolescent substance use may need to start in early childhood
- Family: Is teen online gambling a problem?
- Here is a gambling activity that all parents should know about.
- Children now see gambling ads as a normal part of sports? Click her to read more about the study!
- Parents should have the conversation with their teen about underage gambling. Watch this PSA to learn more.
- Is your teen involved with YOU(th) Decide? Get more information HERE!
- Social media and other online technology are having numerous effects on the well-being of young people, both positive and negative.
- Looking for ways to keep your teens healthy? Check out the “Did YOU Know?” brochure.
- Hey parents, did you know that underage gambling is related to a number of other risky behaviors. Take a look at the research that Johns Hopkins did to find out more.
- Wondering what problem gambling looks like in teens? Watch our Odds & Ends video on YouTube.
- Our children are growing up in a media-centered world. Is this a good thing? Is it a bad thing? Find out more!
You(th)
Community Leaders
- Underage and Problem Gambling Awareness Toolkit
- Esports Gambling and Concern for Corruption in Australia
- Discover the impact media literacy education can have on youth.
- Media literacy moves students from bystanders to change agents.
- Find a partnering prevention professional in your area to take action and help reduce youth access to gambling.
- 3 Basic Media Literacy Standards to Know and Teach!
- Here are some great resources for Media Literacy education.
- Learn about the success of the YOU(th) Decide project by reading our Outcome and Activity Report
- Learn about the YOU(th) Decide success by reading our Outcome and Activity Report
- “It’s funny. It’s fun. It’s normal. How do lighthearted media portrayals of people who ‘can’t stop’ affect social norms?”
- Looking to find out more about underage gambling? Check out the e-book: The Dangers of Youth Gambling
- Ready to take action in your community to prevent underage gambling? Download our sample event policy!
- To find out how you can help prevent underage gambling in your community read this great research by Carmen Messerlian & Jeffrey Derevensky. “Youth Gambling: A Public Health Perspective”
Printed Materials {additional resources available for download}
You(th) {read what is happening near and around you}
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Virtual Educational Session - Now available here!
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Learn why media literacy is so important.
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Video: "High School students speak about Media Literacy."
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Learn more about Teen Gambling, why it's a problem, and how to get help!
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Interested in volunteering? See who can help!
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Learn more Facts about Underage Gambling!
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Interested in getting involved with YOU(th) Decide? Click HERE for more info!
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Get MEDIA SMART by visiting this great website all about how advertising manipulates your behavior.
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Which of the following do you think is more likely: getting struck by lightning or winning a large-sum jackpot? Check out the “Strange Odds” Palm Cards to find out the answer.
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Do you think marketers have control over what you remember? Check out the American Alphabet by Heidi Cody. How many of these brands can you identify?
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Check out these games & quizzes about problem gambling from the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling program "Teens Know Your Limits."
