Do racing games negatively affect driving habits?

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

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.

Really a lot of wisdom to that. I can count the numbers of my friends that went to fundie churches growing up go hog wild when they turned 18.

My dad would let me drink a beer when we went fishing, cook outs after I was 16, always said if I needed to smoke or try something to let him know and we could do it together and discuss it without punishment. A parent doing this correctly can get a good end result.