Keeping your Teen Drug and Alcohol Free this Summer
With more time on their hands during the summer, many teens decide to try alcohol or drugs for the first time. Or they may indulge more often or more heavily. Before the summer break...
Monthly Archive: April 2015
Alcohol Awareness Month: Talking to Pre-Teens & Younger Teens About Alcohol
April is Alcohol Awareness Month, led by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD). This month, the organization is highlighting the problem of underage drinking. So throughout the month of April...
Teens report that they do not drink underage because they don’t want to disappoint their parents and family.
Teens report that they do not drink underage because they don’t want to disappoint their parents and family. Assuming that your son or daughter understands how alcohol would impact their lives may not be...
Adolescent drinking affects adult behavior through long-lasting changes in genes
Binge-drinking during adolescence may perturb brain development at a critical time and leave lasting effects on genes and behavior that persist into adulthood. The findings, by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago...
Study Says Teens Who Use Alcohol More Likely to Use E-Cigarettes
A new study found that teens who drink alcohol, especially those who engage in binge drinking, are more likely to use electronic cigarettes than those who don’t use alcohol. The British study was reported...
Study defines brain and behavioral effects of teen binge drinking
NIH-funded findings also point to possible treatments for harmful effects of adolescent alcohol exposure Adolescent binge drinking can disrupt gene regulation and brain development in ways that promote anxiety and excessive drinking behaviors that...
Study Found Drunken YouTube Videos Send Wrong Message to Youth
An analysis led by the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Research on Media, Technology, and Health found that 70 of the most popular YouTube videos depicting drunkenness also portrayed binge drinking in a positive...
Should parents let kids taste alcohol?
Children often see their parents crack open a bottle of wine or beer or mix a drink at some point early on in life when they’re too young to understand what alcohol is. Kids...
Parents: Help Your Teens Party Right at Graduation
Parents: Help Your Teens Party Right at Graduation Download PDF PDF Icon Graduation… Graduation is a time to celebrate. But before your graduates party, take the time to talk with them about alcohol—it just...
