Helping Your Child Make Good Choices
Many kids choose to drink because they assume everyone else is doing it and that it’s an acceptable thing to do. However, studies show that 67% of teens are not drinking alcohol. You can’t completely protect your child from peer pressure, but by teaching them to make good choices and by supervising and monitoring their activities, you can help shield your child from the most dangerous situations.
The Big Myth:
“Everybody is already doing it.”
The Facts:
7 in 10 teens are NOT drinking alcohol.
One of the most common reasons behind a young person’s choice to use alcohol is that they think “everybody is doing it”. When in reality, almost 3 out of every 4 eighth graders have never had a drink. Middle school students often overestimate how many high school students are drinking or have tried alcohol.
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