Alcohol and The Talk With Your Teen

Do serious, pre-college chats between parents and teens help stop drinking problems when students hit campus? A heart-to-heart with your child before he heads to college might slow down the partying once he leaves the nest. Teen-age college students were significantly more likely to abstain from drinking or to drink only minimally when their parents talked to them before they started college. Having the conversation after school was underway showed little benefit.

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