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 Parenting Related NewsOne of the top questions I get from parents goes to the issue of letting their teens have beer and other alcohol at home. Not that they necessarily want to, just that there seems to be so much pressure – real or perceived – that other parents are doing it.
A 15-year-old girl recently confessed that she sleeps with her cell phone so that she won’t miss a text. A 16-year-old boy tells me that he can’t bear to turn off his computer for a few hours while he studies for a test because he might miss something “important” happening with his friends. And a middle schooler confided that despite her parent’s restrictions, she races to her computer after they have gone to sleep.
Compared to teens with uninvolved parents, teens with authoritative parents were about 70 percent less likely to drink and drive, 50 percent less likely to get into a car accident, and about 30 percent less likely to talk on their cell phones or text while driving.
Science shows that transitions are particularly stressful periods for kids and they are more likely to experiment with drugs and alcohol at those times. Kids in military families face more significant transitions than kids in most other families –- from moves and new schools about every three years to having a parent deployed, injured or even killed.
Teens who were allowed to drink at fairly high levels were more likely to be binge drinkers in college than their peers who had not been allowed to drink, or whose parents had set comparably low limits for what they considered to be acceptable drinking behavior.
Experts say it’s normal for teens to trick their parents from time to time. In honor of Halloween, we've created a guide for parents to do some trickery of their own — all in the name of reducing teen mischief and keeping kids safe and healthy.
Why not consider asking your child to help out in your community? Help him or her find a focus -- something that is meaningful to him personally, rather than an obligation to fulfill.
As we are in the midst of Awards Season, the Partnership and Time To Talk® are proud to bring you the “Parent’s Choice Awards for Best Teachable Moment.”
Talking with your kids about the risks of drug and alcohol use can be a big challenge for parents and caregivers.
One easy way is to use Teachable Moments [...]
One of the questions that comes up time and again is how do we safeguard our children from being exposed to drugs and pro drug use content on the Internet?
Most parents are already attuned to risks on the web like online predators and sexual content. Increasingly, sites that promote illicit drug use — actually explaining [...]
It’s crucial to educate teens responsibly. This means that while it’s fine to extol the virtues of wine, it’s just as important to discuss its possible health risks as well, and to remember that alcoholism is a problem that affects all levels of society
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