YOUNG Chapter 4
Power of Parents ® Middle School Handbook
PEOPLE DRINK
DIFFERENTLY
Middle school students may not consciously plan to drink, but they may take an opportunity to experiment. For example, they may be hanging out with friends at a home with an unlocked liquor cabinet and decide to open up a bottle because there are no parents around. Young people tend to engage in intense drinking, called “binge” drinking. For boys, binge drinking means having at least 4 drinks within a 2-hour period. For girls, it means at least 3 drinks within
that time. Youth who chug alcohol and drink as much as they can— as fast as they can—risk dying from alcohol poisoning. Your child may not admit to drinking yet, but you can still set no-alcohol rules and monitor their friends and activities. Talk together about alcohol to help prevent your child from drinking underage. The earlier youth start drinking, the more likely they are to eventually become dependent on alcohol and to drive drunk.
For males, binge drinking means having 4 DRINKS within 2 hours.
“Binge” Drinking
For females, binge drinking means having 3 DRINKS within 2 hours.
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