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Causes
Why do teens drink? |
Effects
Talk about an experience you know of that happened as a result of teen drinking. What was the role of the adult and of the youth? |
Solutions
What can youth and adults do together to prevent/ reduce teen drinking? |
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| • Peer pressure • Boredom • Going through problems • To have fun • To act like an adult • Don’t realize the risk • Family influence • Friends do it • Influence from media • Curiosity • Exciting • Build community • Depression • Something to do • Relieve stress from school, academics, sports, and parents • Be part of group • Get drunk • Easy to get • No communication with family • Legal drug for adults • Need attention • To relax • See drinking at home • Makes them feel like they can do anything • Doesn’t have a united family • Not enough activities • Exposure to alcohol at a young age • To rebel • Low self-esteem • No guidance • Experiment • Self medication • Ran out of drugs • Makes sex more pleasurable • Thrill seeking • Not supervised by adults • Get braver • No sense of purpose • Examples set by others • Mental health issues • Don’t know how to say no • Need something else in their life • Parents work a lot |
• Jail time • Death in a drunk driving accident • Injuries • Out of control parties that police get involve • Alcohol poisoning • Arrest/conviction • Thrashing parks • Getting sick • Parental denial • Sexual assault/rape • STIs • Depression • Unwanted pregnancy • Taking care of sick friend at a strangers house • Missing kids • Secrets get let out • Choking on vomit • Hospitalized • Intoxication • Getting laughed at because what you are doing (embarrassed) • Kids physically Abusing an adult • Violence • Act ways that they normally would not act • Stealing • Trashing houses • AA classes • Crash car • Deputy sued • Juvenile record • Probation • Drunk at school and didn’t get to graduate • Teens get fired from job • Parent punish teens (grounded) • Hallucinating • Teens don’t listen to adults • Ruin your life (destroy future) • Turn to an alcoholic • Expelled from school • physically abused by parent • unconscious • Spouse fighting/ physically abused • Doing something they regret • Mentally effected forever • Family event ruined by drinking • Drug addiction • Dropped out of school • Drowned at lake because of drinking • Decrease memory • Poor nutrition • Liver damage • Counseling for teen and parent • Health damage • guilt |
• Spend more time with kids • Show them better and good activities to do • Teens more united with parents • Teens trust parents • Parents talk to kids about drugs and their effects • Keep them busy with sports • Don’t leave them by themselves for along time • Talk to their kids about their problems • Have penalties for stores who sell alcohol to teens and people who help the teens get the alcohol • Listen to their kids • Get involved in activities that parents and teens can do together • After school programs • Communicate openly • Learn preventable steps • Community involvement • Don’t know it all approach • Check up on kids • Mentoring • Youth groups • Educate about underage drinking and effects • Accountability • Parents involve in children’s life • Parents knowing their kid’s friends and their friend’s parents • More dedicated space for youth to meet and safe/entertain • Volunteer • Parents don’t drink in front of teens • Make it not accessible • Have dinner together • Ride along with law enforcement • Don’t give up on kids • Teach by example • Hold teens accountable • Build structure and goals • Be tenacious on prevention • Mentor for kids whose parents are not involve • Have more town hall meetings • Ask for help • Teach teens god’s love • Don’t have alcohol in the house • Have separate information nights for teens • Teach younger kids how to talk to older siblings about it • Connect with parents to inform them About how to deal with alcohol • Pay attention to what kids do and how they act • Don’t be an bad parent • Give teens TRUST and RESPECT • Don’t be a bad influence • Parents don’t by alcohol • Test if necessary • Expand community resources • Supervise activities • Guest speakers at school who have had experience • Work together to change policy laws • Encourage others adults to not hold parties • Join catalyst collision • Volunteer to do extra activities • Boycott local stores that sell Alco pops • Don’t let teens spend a night at friend’s houses • Talk with children starting at an young age • Family discussion • Advocate for removal of Alco pops and energy drinks w/alcohol in stores • Advocate for less media targeting of youth • Alcohol free events created • Sting operations • Tell them not to drink or else • Go to Boys and Girls club • Talk honestly • Join alcohol groups to learn together • Support kids with their goals • Find out consequences • Spend more time together and do more healthy activities • Talk about real life situations and how it ruin their life • Talk about the dangers • Talk to promote about the real facts • Have fun together • Parents show interest in kids life |
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