Parenting: How to Deal with Teen Drinking- Part 3
by Dr. Coach Love
Continuing… In Parts 1 & 2, I talked about how teens make drinking choices, parents’ responsibility, and provided 5 tips to help parents educate their children about alcohol use, beginning in early childhood.
In addition to education, prevention is the second stage of parenting to deal with
underage alcohol use.
Consider these 9 tips to prevent underage drinking in your family.
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1. Parental Role Model
2. Supervision, Supervision, Supervision
3. Destination Check
4. Overnights=Trick Question
5. Breath Check
6. Cut Off Supply
7. Co-conspirators.
8. Family Traditions
9. Enrichment
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For more detail on these tips, go to Lists on this site– 9 Prevention Tips for Under Age Drinking. Check back for Part 4 where I will discuss intervention tips.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Regards,
Dr. Coach Love
MORE INFO LINKS: Lists- 7 Intervention Tips for Under Age Drinking,
9 Prevention Tips for Under Age Drinking;
Posts-Pt1 5-13-05, Pt2 5-18-08, Pt4-5-23-08;
Quizzes- Underage Drinking & Teen DrinkingChoices
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