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Teen Drinking Choices Does Your Teen |
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Not Drink Because he/she…? |
Drink Because he/she…? |
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Follows your example |
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Follows your example |
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Wants to avoid consequences or feels it is not worth the risk |
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Is a risk taker |
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Considers all drinking wrong or bad |
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Perceives drinking as safe and acceptable recreation |
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Thinks teen drinking is poor judgment |
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Is unaware of / indifferent to the dangers |
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Is legal minded…period (will wait until 21)
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Thinks drinking is ok for a special event (homecoming, prom, graduation, a party…) |
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Feels drinking is a waste of time/boring or is just disinterested |
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Is bored or nothing else to do |
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Accepts your influence, knowing he/she has the right to make his/her decisions |
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Knows your influence, but he/she makes his/her own decisions otherwise |
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Does not want to/does not like it |
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Wants to drink/likes it |
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Is fearful of you |
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Feels you do not check/care |
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Has mental health issues (addiction, depression, anxiety…) |
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Has mental health issues (addiction, depression, anxiety…) |
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Chooses friends who do not |
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Chooses friends who do |
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Does not want to disappoint you |
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Feels you approve or at least would understand/expect it |
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Does not have easy access or parents do not supply |
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Has easy access or parents may supply |
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Has supervision |
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Is unsupervised |
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(Should you check here?) |
YOU KNOW, I MUST ADMIT THAT I DO NOT KNOW FOR SURE IF MY TEEN USES ALCOHOL— MUCH LESS WHY OR WHY NOT. ISN’T IGNORANCE SUPPOSED TO BE BLISS— ESPECIALLY IN PARENTING? |
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Knowing the answers to these questions will better prepare you to educate, prevent, and intervene on under age drinking issues. The answers will provide ideas for effective parenting. Do you know the answers? Find out! |
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MORE INFO LINKS: Archives- 5/13/08, 5/18/08, 5/19/08, 5/23/08; Lists- Intervention Tips:Under Age Drinking, Prevention Tips:Under Age Drinking Quizzes- Under Age Drinking © Copyright 2008 P.H. Pickett, Ph.D. All rights reserved. Contact DrCoachLove@HireCoach.com for permissions. |
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