Anheuser Busch Family Talk About Drinking Roundtable Highlights

September 2, 2011 by 7 Comments

It may be a conversation you have yet to broach with your children – underage drinking.

But starting to chat with them when they are young is ideal. By young, I mean preschool.  And by ‘chat’, I don’t mean lecture in a stern voice.

I recently hosted a live virtual roundtable for Anheuser Busch on their Family Talk About Drinking Facebook page. I chatted with two experts, MJ Corcoran, a certified parent coach who helped to revamp the program and Kathy Casso, the VP of Corporate Social Responsibility at Anheuser Busch. The Family Talk program is a guide to help you begin the conversation about underage drinking with your children when they are young, stick with it when they are in middle school and continue it into high school and college. The program lasted 40 minutes –  but these are the highlights.

I’m so proud of this project… I hope you take the time to watch.

Tell me – what do you think?

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  • Kim Prince

    OMG.  Danielle.  You are amazing.  This is amazing.

  • Ann

    Danielle, outstanding! You are so polished.  I used to let my kids taste my beer and wine on my fingertip, because I remember taking sips of my Dad’s gin and tonics as a little girl. It all seemed very harmless, but I stopped for these reasons–modeling and instilling boundaries now and early.

    Thanks Danielle!

  • Danielle Smith

    Oh Kim – thank you so much.  I am so grateful.  I am so proud to be involved with this program – and truly had SO MUCH FUN hosting this roundtable.  xoxo

  • Danielle Smith

    Ann- you are so good to me – thank you for being such a constant source of support in my life.  Like you, I learned SO MUCH through this program.

  • Arianne Segerman

    I’m not only impressed with this program but SO impressed with you Danielle! Fabulous job, girl.

    Love the “stages” philosophy on the training – it’s amazing how we just need to be a bit more intentional with our parenting and we can achieve truly meaningful communication and guidance with our children in the area of drinking. It’s especially eye opening that the stages start young, in the very beginning!

  • Danielle Smith

    Ari – thank you so very much!  I completely agree with you – the act of intentional parenting – and starting these converstaions early is so truly important.  I learned so much as I prepared and worked on this program.  And so grateful for your kind words!  xoxo

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