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easy child, older friends, drinking. Does this worrying ever end?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 551639" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I don't like alcohol for minors (and for some adults...teehee). Only one of my kids drank early and she ended up taking drugs too. I think it is worthwhile to drive home the point that alcohol is a drug. You certainly can't stop your kids from being around alcohol, especially if it is culturally acceptable for teens to drink, but you can usually get a level-headed teen to listen to you, even when he/she is pretending NOT to listen. If you have any alcohol abuse on your or husband's family tree...that is a good place to start. I have told my youngest two adopted kids that they have substance abuse in their genetic families and would be more likely to become alcohol dependent than kids who do not. My Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) son has no interest in drinking. Just the idea scares him. Jumper is a normal typical teen, but she "gets it" and really has no interest in partying in a wild way or drinking...yet. In her school, the jocks (and she is one) tend to party and drink less than the other kids who are more floating out there without much going on. You can be thrown off the team if you break the law and Jumper's life is her sports, which she wants to continue when she goes to college. I guess we're lucky that way.</p><p></p><p>All you can do is try the common sense approach and cross your fingers <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> My two adult children do drink socially.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 551639, member: 1550"] I don't like alcohol for minors (and for some adults...teehee). Only one of my kids drank early and she ended up taking drugs too. I think it is worthwhile to drive home the point that alcohol is a drug. You certainly can't stop your kids from being around alcohol, especially if it is culturally acceptable for teens to drink, but you can usually get a level-headed teen to listen to you, even when he/she is pretending NOT to listen. If you have any alcohol abuse on your or husband's family tree...that is a good place to start. I have told my youngest two adopted kids that they have substance abuse in their genetic families and would be more likely to become alcohol dependent than kids who do not. My Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) son has no interest in drinking. Just the idea scares him. Jumper is a normal typical teen, but she "gets it" and really has no interest in partying in a wild way or drinking...yet. In her school, the jocks (and she is one) tend to party and drink less than the other kids who are more floating out there without much going on. You can be thrown off the team if you break the law and Jumper's life is her sports, which she wants to continue when she goes to college. I guess we're lucky that way. All you can do is try the common sense approach and cross your fingers :) My two adult children do drink socially. [/QUOTE]
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