Posts Tagged ‘Teenage Drinking’
What Should You Do If You Catch Your Teenager Drinking?
Not As I Do
For me, the issue of teenage drinking is one of those “double standard” parenting dilemmas, because it’s something I felt was okay when when I was a teenager, but isn’t okay for my kids. (What was that thing about ‘do as I say’?)
It Creeps Up On You
The problem, for me at least, is that one minute they’re playing with trucks, and the next thing you’ve just found a six pack stashed in their closet. Then, you find yourself asking two questions. First, it’s ”How’d that just happen?”, and second, “What do I do now?”.
The Conversation
This is when you need to reach out to parents who’ve been in this situation and have figured out reasonable ways to handle it. (I have the sense that “freaking out and drinking the beer yourself” isn’t one of them.) If you’ve “been there, done that” with your kids, please share…
The Podcast…
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