Research shows that teens and young adults do believe their parents should have a say in whether they drink alcohol. Drinking alcohol undoubtedly is a part of American culture, as are conversations between parents...
A man called police after his daughter live-streamed an alleged drinking party in York County, causing police to go to the home and arrest two adults, the York Daily Record reported on Wednesday. An officer...
What’s the big deal? The kids were all in the house. They were safe. They weren’t out running the streets causing trouble. They weren’t doing hard drugs. So what’s the problem when adults condone...
This letter to the editor was written by Vanessa Fronce in response to the Drunk Texts from Aggieville advertisement run on Tuesday. If you would like to write a letter to the Collegian, send...
Today’s teens are growing up in an environment with pressures, stress and priorities vastly different from when we were their age. If you’re concerned that your son or daughter might be using drugs or...
Our country is in the depths of an opioid epidemic, but a large number of calls to our Parent Helpline are from parents concerned about their son’s or daughter’s marijuana use. A timely reminder...
There is no single reason why teenagers use drugs or alcohol. But here are some of the core issues and influences behind the behavior of teenage drug and alcohol use. It’s important that you,...
For what seems like an eternity, young people have been told to sow their wild oats in high school or college because after graduation, it’s on to adulthood and there are consequences for bad...
Underage drinking has actually been steadily declining for decades in the United States, but it is still prevalent enough to be a major public health concern. Underage drinking began a steep decline back in...
The feeling of sending a grown child off to college for the first time can be described as a strange mixture of pride, relief and severe anxiety. What do parents need to know as...
