Click here to visit the new home of ParentDish!

Hot on HuffPost Parents:

 

teens and alcohol use 

Should Parents Who Let Teens Drink at Home Be Punished?

by Brett Singer, Posted Apr 5th 2011 8:00AM

Should parents who let their kids drink at home be punished? Credit: Getty Images
Attention Mississippi parents: If you let your teenagers and their friends drink alcohol at your house, you could go to jail.
Mississippi Gov. Haley ...
1 COMMENTS

Do You Serve Your Children Alcohol at Home?

by Brett Singer, Posted Mar 8th 2011 12:34PM

In France, many children drink alcohol at home. Credit: Martin Bernetti, AFP/Getty Images
The Wall Street Journal has a story where they wonder if parents should "teach their teens how to drink responsibly."
I guess "Just Say No" is ...A study finds that nearly 6 percent of 12- to 14-year-old have had a drink at home in the past month.
0 COMMENTS

Melissa Gilbert Talks Teen Drug Abuse and Why She's Worried About Miley Cyrus

by Nicki Gostin, Posted Dec 16th 2010 12:30PM

Melissa Gilbert says the holidays can be an especially hard time on teens. Credit: Arnoldi/X17online.com Melissa Gilbert has spoken candidly about her own drug abuse and battles with alcohol, and, recently, the "Little House on the ...The TV icon says the holidays can be a trigger time for teens.
3 COMMENTS

Someone Passed Out Drunk? Quick! Call an 11-Year-Old!

by Tom Henderson, Posted Sep 14th 2010 4:00PM

You know how it goes. Your 11-year-old goes to a friend's birthday party. There is cake, ice cream and Jack Daniels. Inevitably, some sixth-grader can't hold his liquor and collapses. Your child really ought to know how to give first aid to a ...You know how it goes. Your 11-year-old goes to a friend's birthday party. There is cake, ice cream and Jack Daniels. Inevitably, some sixth-grader can't hold his liquor and collapses. Now what?
0 COMMENTS

Booze in shoes

by Angie Felton, Posted Jun 4th 2008 3:00PM

A recent story in the New York Times about prom night drinking was full of bad news for parents. Not only are kids sneaking in hallucinogens purchased off the internet and prescription drugs taken from grandparents' medicine cabinets, there was also ...
9 COMMENTS

FollowUs

Flickr RSS

TheTalkies

More Recent Questions: