The Family Pledge is NOT a new idea, just new to Westlake, since 2004.  The youth of Westlake are faced, almost daily, with pressures to use alcohol and illegal drugs.  These pressures come from the media with their over glamorized advertising of alcohol and from the endless social messages and pressures to use all kinds of intoxicants.  Sometimes, even those children who choose not to use, are forced to socialize with those who are using, if they are to socialize at all. 

As individual parents we may feel helpless to protect a “young adult” without standing in the way of all social opportunity.  The Family Pledge is a tool to address this problem. 

Choosing to sign the Family Pledge and allowing your name and phone number to appear in the Family Pledge Directory serves two important purposes:

·          It encourages an open dialog between parents and their children regarding substance abuse and family expectations.

·          It empowers parents by connecting a network of families who have taken the Family Pledge and have gone public with their support of these community norms. 

Communities across the nation have been using Pledges and Family Pledge Directories for years with positive results. 

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