Posted on 09/16/2013 2:09:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Almost 1 in 10 U.S. high school seniors have engaged in recent extreme binge drinking—downing at least 10 drinks at a rate that barely budged over six years, according to a government-funded report.
Less severe binge drinking, consuming five or more drinks in a row, has mostly declined in recent years among teens. But for high school seniors, the 2011 rate for 10 drinks in a row—9.6 percent—was down only slightly from 2005.
The most extreme level—15 or more drinks in a row within the past two weeks—didn’t change from 2005 to 2011. Almost 6 percent of high school seniors reported recently drinking that amount. …
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When the mother needed schnapps for the fondue she sent her 16 YO son to the liquor store on his bicycle. The 5 yo daughter shared in the fondue. Gooooood!
This was a big, serious woman who was absolute dictator of that house. Scary.
I remember one day coming home from work. She was swatting away at the painter with a broom for sitting on her porch & getting drunk instead of painting the house. She whacked him good until he ran off.
Seriously, alcohol is a drug that is easily abused by people of any age. It is probably the most destructive of all abused drugs.
Parents have to set the example. It does no good to introduce kids to alcohol at an early age with dinner if the parents then go on to get cross-eyed after dinner. Even the best of kids learn that getting drunk is OK & fun.
Ha ! Back in MY day, that was called, "just getting started !"
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With my friends, the older teenagers were and are allowed to drink a beer or two in the presence of the adults, mostly on camping trips, or special dinners. Although, I need to be more cognizant of it because at a celtic concert I actually bought a nice craft beer and handed it directly to the 19 year old without even thinking about it directly in front of like a million cops. He was about half done with it before I realized what I had done, lol.
Which was my exact point.
It does no good to introduce kids to alcohol at an early age with dinner if the parents then go on to get cross-eyed after dinner.
But it actually does good when the parents don't do that, which was also my point.
Even the best of kids learn that getting drunk is OK & fun.
Hate to tell ya, but every once in while it is.
Wonder how much this startling bit of information cost me?
Wonder how much this startling bit of information cost me?
Government directed school lunch programs are enough to drive anyone to drink.
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