Parenting Style an Influence on Teen Drinking, Study Says

Being too lenient is why most mexican anchor babies grow up to be alcoholics and drug addicts and end up in gangs. deport illegal aliens asap.

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This is almost pathetic, but it's a clear statement of where we are as a society. Someone actually spent money on THIS???? Welcome to America, where we spend our time arguing about idiotic things like this, while our country is being destroyed right in front of us.

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The REAL solution to this problem is for the schools to provide alcohol to any student who requests it, along with a one-on-one counseling session with a nurse. And not to tell the parents about it, because the students deserve privacy.

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It's interesting to hear such generalized statements. Unless you are the parent of "every" child, with "every" genetic makeup, in "every" "environment" with "every" growing up "experience", you couldn't possibly surmise as to how they will turn out. Society with their "text book" education constantly trying to "tell" you what will, won't, should/shouldn't happen in "every" family or with "every" child and consistently blaming parents for "every" problem is just plain Bul_sh_t. There are so many factors that play into how a child percieves his world, the interactions he has in it and what he will do with that information including the choices he/she makes that you can't possibly GENERALIZE. FOr instance I don't drink or smoke and sheltered my child against "every" negative that I could and he turned out during his teenage years to drink, do drugs and almost OD'd. NOw there are extenuating circumstances, it's in his DNA as his extended family predispositioned addicts. Maybe that's why, or it could be his disorders (emotional disorder, ADD and mood disorder) or it could be his experiences with peer pressure and bullying! No, no no, it must be parenting. The therapists are sure it's rearing ... tried to find flaws in parenting ... overlooking common factors because thats what the "books" say. When I read that people are ignorant enough to always blame parents or parents are ignorant enough to suggest that they created the perfect child by letting their child sip their alcohol ... well, in the words of Alice in Wonderland ... IDIOTs!

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I have no idea how to repley to this. I was raised by very strict Baptist parents and as teens we all drank....5 of us. That was back in the 70's when the drinking age was 18 . When I had my own kids We decided that since we drank on occation we were not going to try to make a big deal out of the drinking issue when our kids became teens. We tried the strick approach at first, still drank, we tried the understanding approach later, still drank. I guess Kids are going to drink if they choose to no matter what parenting style you choose to live by. I pray for saftey and moderation even now that my kids are adults. Being a Parent is difficult and there are so many outside influences with our kids and young adults. So the best you can do and hope and pray that your kids make good choices with the knowledge you have given them. It is really up to them how they handel the choice.

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Communication gap between the teens and their parents is the reason why teens are prone to alcohol or nay sort of addiction. Other factor i would like to mention is divorce. Love your kids in any condition, they need you always.
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