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| All parents need to know. |
| I learned something reciently that I feel should be told to every parent, grandparent, or soon to be parent. I didn't realize until I wrote my final paper in english about Teenage Drinking and Driving, that more than just accidents and mistakes can happen. I found out that in the long run, if a teenager binge drinks even once, it can stop the development of their brain! I did not know this. I am a young mother and also the youngest of four children. I grew up watching my siblings run amok and doing whatever. I also grew up in a very small town. I am ashamed to say that I did drink when i was in my late teens. I had already been married and divorced at the age of 20 and felt that it was ok for me to drink since i was already experienced in so much.. Boy was I so very very wrong. If i had known that drinking before 21 can cause the brain to stop developing as it should I would have never touched any alcohol.. I don't drink anymore since I turned 22 and had to really grow up. I had my son at 19 and was to young to realize that the responsibilty of being a parent was so big. Now that I am 26 I look back at myself and think "you big dummy" because of the drinking that i did right after my divorce. My son was never around it. I don't allow alcohol in my house anymore. Not even beer. I don't want my son influenced by seeing anyone drink. I found out that more and more parents have such a laid back attitude about drinking. Some even buy the alcohol for their teens thinking they are safer at home than going out to a party. They have passed laws that attack those types of parents now but the main point should be to really be active in your teen's life and know what is going on and tell them that drinking is not cool and that it should not be done. It is hard tho because everything around them influences the drinking. Music, movies, tv and so forth. But they learn everything from their parents also. If you drink and get drunk in front of your child isn't that telling them and showing them that it is ok to start young? My son is seven years old, I cringed when I read that in some places kids start drinking at ten! ten years old! my baby is almost there! I am not going to mollycoddle him tho.. I started talking to him and getting to know all the kids in his class and started informing him that drinking and drugs are stupid and no matter what anyone in his class says they should not be touched ever. I don't know if it sticks but i don't want to make it cool either.. I want him to know the truth. That so much can be avoided by talking to him young and saying this is not cool this is stupid and so forth. Let me know what you think. I would love to hear what other parents are facing with this problem and I hope that I am getting it out there. |
| See also: Children Drinking, Need to know about drinking |
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