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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The MADD campaigns worked on me as a teen. I drank all the time and never drove drunk in high school or college. I don’t support teen drinking, but I do believe it’s possible to talk to your kids about drunk driving and not act like a complete nutcase about drinking. This is sort of like talking about birth control. Screaming about abstinence gets you cut out of the loop. Also being the parent who narcs on every party gets you cut out. I am not interested in shutting down communication with my kids or their friends. I coach teenagers and they tell me a lot about parties, vaping at school, etc. I think it’s good for them to have an adult to speak with. I think you do more good buy building trust and teaching teens than acting like a complete no-tolerance policy lunatic.

Explain beer is not the same thing as cocaine. 
Explain dangers of alcohol and hooking up. 
Explain dangers of drunk driving, alcoholism, etc.

But you don’t have to act horrified by teen drinking and try to eradicate it like it’s child pornography. These kids are going to college soon. Teach them how to recognize a sketchy party, bad situation with a guy, and so on. Telling them all drinking is the devil’s work and calling the cops just means they will make more mistakes in college.

I have young teens. [/quote]

You do know that any alcohol is really awful for adolescent brain development, right?  Stop using such judgmental language towards those of us who don't think it's a great idea to encourage teens to drink.  And stop using such judgmental language about mental illness.  It's embarrassing.  It's not okay.[/quote]

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