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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been reading through this and thinking back to my teen years. And nothing - absolutely nothing - my parents said to me about drinking and drugs got through or made any difference to me. I just kept it up.

How can you turn this into a life lesson that actually makes a difference? Taking away the phone, ok. Grounding, ok. But what happens after that? Has anything anyone done actually made a difference in their kid's behaviors or choices? How do you know?[/quote]

And what my parents said did get through to me and siblings (none of us drank in HS). It won’t work for every kid, but studies show that parental attitude/what you tell your kid DOES make a difference, statistically speaking. [/quote]

How did your parents talk to you and your siblings?[/quote]

There was no magic formula… they made sure we knew the risks of teen drinking, and that it was illegal, and they always broadcast the expectation that their kids would not do it. They did check on parties to be sure they’d have an adult present, but we still went out with friends and socialized. But we did not drink, smoke, or do drugs. None of the 5 of us. It helped that we found friend groups who also didn’t. [/quote]

I think it's this coupled with good relationships with the kids leading up to these years and kids who know the parents are checked in and paying attention.

My teen son said to me once...most parents don't care what their kids do at all.   There are A LOT of checked out parents of teenagers.  A lot.  [/quote]

+100[/quote]

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