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Originally Posted by XabbaRus
I was taken a back when talking to US exchange students how many of them would have a drink and then drive a car, and the impression I got was that as they had been driving since the age of 16 that by the time they could drink they could handle it.
Here in the UK given the driving age is 17 and the the drinking age is 18 there is less drink driving as it is drummed into you about the consequences. It actually seems more prevalent amongst middle agers in the UK.
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Well if you made homework a risque and sneaky adult thing... teenagers would be getting excellent grades in school
Fact is, from as early as 13, my dad used to hand me a beer while we were working on a car or sitting around watching a movie or whatever... it became this "no big deal" sort of thing.
If parents were to approach it like that - i think more young people would be more "adult" or more "mature" about drinking alcohol and less likely to drink without considering the consequences - or to drink and drive etc.
the thing about forbidden pleasures - is that they are much more desirable than the pleasures that are easily had, and as long as people treat casual consumption of alcohol as this sort of mysterious adults only play thing - teens are going to be increasingly attracted to it.