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Parents are the key to preventing underage drinking.
As they enter their teens, education is not enough to deter Utah kids from drinking alcohol because there are constant pressures to drink. In addition, the brain area that promotes impulsivity and risk-taking develops early in a teen, while the good judgment area of the brain isn't fully developed until about age 24. Kids need help to stay alcohol-free.
Parents who are actively involved in their kids' lives and set clear rules and expectations on no alcohol use have a powerful influence on their children's decision to remain alcohol-free.
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A Problem of Teen Drinking
Parents who try to teach responsible drinking by letting their teenagers have alcohol at home may be well intentioned, but they may also be wrong, according to a new study in the latest issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
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December 01, 2009 5:02 pm
A fleet of 75 garbage trucks plastered with messages that underage drinking is well, garbage, was unveiled Tuesday by local government officials and a parents' advocacy group hoping to mobilize communities to eliminate it.
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