With Drinking, Parent Rules Do Affect Teens’ Choices : NPR. As teenagers mature into their senior year of high school, many parents begin to feel more comfortable about letting them drink alcohol. But new research from brain scientists and parenting experts suggests loosening the reins on drinking may not be a good idea in the [...]
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Today I have the pleasure of meeting my youngest sons probation officer. He has been picked up twice for drinking, I have already spent two days crying about how I have gone wrong and now I have accepted that he is on his own path. As you can imagine a teen that is having trouble [...]
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Pharm Parties and Trail Mix, Not What You May Think A continuing problem, but illicit drug use seems to have stabilized for the 12-17 year old age group. As the non-medical prescription painkiller and over the counter drug use rate increases for those aged 12 and older. Even though the use of illicit drugs may [...]
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Thought this was a fun post for the weekend How to Turn Down a Drink – wikiHow. The pressure to drink tends to be less as you age and attend parties or social situations. The sloppy drunk is usually looked down upon or someone escorts the person out before they make a total fool out of [...]
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The drinking age debate goes on and appears to be a hot topic with the development of the Amethyst Initiative. This is my second post on this subject this week.  As I was reading the Wall Street Journal tonight and really got to thinking about the issue. If someone is starting college out of high school they would [...]
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Today is the first day of school, my youngest son is starting high school this year. A milestone in anyone’s life and now the goal is to get him through it in one piece. Those of us with struggling teens in our families know this can be a difficult task. After having one troubled teen [...]
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Ok, I thought I had heard it all until I read this blog post, but then again teens today don’t seize to amaze me.  I thought those of us with guys have it tough, but the girls today, wow they are creative and are they influencing the guys. What are the kids doing now to get drunk [...]
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With more and more communities having local host laws, teens and drinking still remains to be a problem. Teen drinking was a problem when I was a kid. My mother never drank but my father did. I remember going to friends homes and I always thought it was so cool that both of their parents [...]
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