Polk County

The Polk Substance Abuse Coalition is a community-based coalition works together to reduce high-risk behaviors and increase protective factors among citizens in Polk County.

Please RSVP with Darla to receive a light lunch at our monthly meetings.

Resources

This parenting style is often characterized by low expectations and little discipline. Teens raised with the permissive parenting style are three times more likely to participate in heavy drinking.

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This parenting style is often characterized by harsh, punitive parenting methods. Teens raised with the authoritarian parenting style are twice as likely to participate in heavy drinking.

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Authoritative parents show high levels of warmth, encourage frequent and honest two-way communication, exercise control and fair discipline and set clear boundaries.

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Contact Us

Darla Winslow

Director of Polk County Health Department

402 - 747 - 2211 Email