Research shows alcohol use skyrockets when children enter the sixth grade.
That s why a new program is targeting elementary school students. Bob Buckalew reports. Mothers against drunk driving created protecting you-protecting me to help reach children before they have fully shaped their attitudes about alcohol. Project Director Kappie Bliss says the forty classroom-based lessons teach first to fifth graders by focusing on two areas. First of all, the importance of protecting the brain of persons under age twenty one from exposure to alcohol and ways to help children avoid the risk associated with riding with drivers who are not alcohol free.