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Children's Resources

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Quote From - Kids' Power, Too! Words to Grow By


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These links are to other websites that provide information or services related to alcoholism and other drug dependency. The Betty Ford Center provides these sites for your convenience only and is not responsible for the content of these sites or the programs, agencies, or businesses they describe. The Betty Ford Center does not guarantee that these sites will meet you particular purposes.

Kids (5-12 Years of Age)

National Association for Children of Alcoholics
(888) 554-COAS (2627)
www.nacoa.org
NACoA is the national nonprofit organization working on behalf of children of alcohol and drug dependent parents. The website has important information for parents and a special link for kids!

Rainbow Days, Inc.
(214) 887-0726
www.rdikids.org
Rainbow Days Inc.'s curriculum-based support groups are for children, youth, and parents who are concerned about the risks of growing up in today's world. The purpose is to teach them the skills they need to success and stay drug free.

 

Teens (12-17 Years of Age)

Alateen
(888) 425-2666
www.alateen.org
A fellowship of young Al-Anon members whose lives have been affected by someone else's drinking.

Free Vibe
www.freevibe.com
Gives kids many opportunities to share their experiences with one another, to learn how to make good choices about the future, and resist pressures to use drugs.

National Association for Children of Alcoholics
(888) 554-COAS (2627)
www.nacoa.org
NACoA is the national nonprofit organization working on behalf of children of alcohol and drug dependent parents. The website has important information for parents and a special link for kids!

National Drug Abuse Hotline
(800) 662-4357
Provides information and referrals for substance abuse issues.

Youth Crisis Line
(800) 448-4663
Offers support to children and teens in crisis.

 

Parents

Al-Anon Information Services
(888) 425-2666
www.al-anon.alateen.org
Posts meeting lists and maps to area Al-Anon, Alateen, and Pre-teen meetings.
All information available in Spanish.

Alcoholics Anonymous
Dallas: (214) 363-0461
Fort Worth: (817) 332-3533 or (214) 887-6699
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
Provides information about AA and gives contact information for local meetings.

Betty Ford Center Children's Program
Rancho Mirage: (800) 854-9211
Dallas: (972) 753-0552
www.bettyfordcenter.org
Website provides resources for COA's and addicts. Children's program offers intensive prevention and education groups for children between the ages of 7 and 12 yearswhose lives have been impacted by a loved ones addiction to alcohol or other drugs.

Community Resources
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Hotline provides information about social service resources in Texas

National Association for Children of Alcoholics
(888) 554-COAS (2627)
www.nacoa.org
NACoA is the national nonprofit organization working on behalf of children of alcohol and drug dependent parents. The website has important information for parents and a special link for kids!

Narcotics Anonymous
(888) 629-6757
www.na.org
Provides literature and information on recovery and local meetings.

National Drug Abuse Hotline
(800) 662-4357

Rainbow Days, Inc.
(214) 887-0726
www.rdikids.org
Rainbow Days Inc.'s curriculum-based support groups are for children, youth, and parents who are concerned about the risks of growing up in today's world. The purpose is to teach them the skills they need to success and stay drug free.

 

Books

Title Author
Emmy's Question Jeannine Auth Buy Now!
My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has a Disease. (Revised) MAC Publishing, Bainbridge Island, WA, 1996. Black, Claudia Buy Now!
Kids' Power Too! Words To Grow By. Imagin Works, Dallas, TX, 1996. Brown, Cathey; LaPorte, Elizabeth and Jerry Moe Buy Now!
My Dad's Definitely Not a Drunk. Waterfront, Burlington, VT, 1992. Carbone, Ellsa Lynn Buy Now!
Dear Kids of Alcoholics. Gurze Books, Carlsbad, CA, 1988. Hall, Lindsey and Leigh Cohn Buy Now!
My Mom Doesn't Look Like an Alcoholic. Health Communications, Inc., Deerfield Beach, Fl, 1984. Hammond, Mary and Lynnann Chestnut Not On Amazon
Children Can Cope- Series of 6, Woodland Press, Minneapolis, Mn, 1991. Heegard, Marge Not On Amazon
Up and Down the Mountain. Small horizons. Liberty Corner, NJ, 1995. Higgins, Pamela Leib Buy Now!
Welcome Home: A Child's View of Alcoholism. Charles Franklin press, Edmonds, WA, 1986. Jance, Judith A. Buy Now!
Sometimes My Mom Drinks Too much. Raintree Children's Books, Milwaukee, WI, 1980. Kenny, Kevin and Helen Krull Out of Print
Think of wind. One Big Press, Rochester,NY, 1996. Mercury, Catherine Not On Amazon
The Mouse, the Monster and me; Assertiveness for Young People. Impact Publishers, San Luis Obispo, CA, 1977. Palmer, Pat Out of Print
Alcohol: What It Is, What It Does. Greenwillow Books, New York, NY, 1979. Seixas, Judith S. Buy Now!
Drugs, What They Are, What They Do. Greenwillow Books, New York, NY, 1987. Seixas, Judith S. Out of Print
I Can Talk About What Hurts. Hazelden Publishing, Center City, MN, 1993. Sinberg, Janet and Dennis Daley Buy Now!
Don't Hurt Me, Mamma. Albert Whitmen and Co., Niles, IL, 1983. Stanek, Uriel Not On Amazon
Daddy Doesn't Have To Be a Giant Anymore. Clarion Books, New York, NY, 1996. Thomas, Jane Resh Out of Print
I Wish Daddy Didn't Drink So Much. Albert Whitman and Co., Niles, IL, 1988. (Paperback) Vigna, Judith Buy Now!
I Wish Daddy Didn't Drink So Much. Albert Whitman and Co., Niles, IL, 1988. (Hard Cover) Vigna, Judith Buy Now!

 

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