Teenagers Under The Drinking Age

This research is to study if teens should be allowed to drink an alcoholic beverage in the teenagers’ home with the consent of a parent. Teens who drink without an adult around tend to drink more, then when a responsible adult is around. Teenagers who drink more could be putting themselves at risk of dangerous situations, such as car accidents, violent behavior, alcohol poisoning, and other health problems. If a responsible parent is supervising when a teen is drinking the parent can control the amount of alcohol the teen can consume. It also prevents the teen from seeking to get alcohol in an illegal way, from a stranger, or going to jail for being in possession of alcohol.

Introduction
Alcohol is a gateway drug to trying
Underage and binge drinking is risky and can lead to car accidents, violent behavior, alcohol poisoning, and other health problems (Teenage Drinking: Understanding the Dangers and Talking to Your Child, “Teenage Drinking”). Drinking at a young age greatly increases the risk of developing an alcohol problem later in life (Teenage Drinking: Understanding the Dangers and Talking to Your Child, “Teenage Drinking”). Talking to teenagers early and openly about the risks of drinking can help reduce a teenagers’ chance of becoming a problem drinker (“Teenage Drinking”). Could the influence of a parent or an adult truly influence teenagers not to drink until the age of twenty-one? Teenagers can learn to drink responsibly by limiting the amount of alcohol consumed. Supervision of a teenager and a time agreement between the parent and teen can persuade teens not to
Parents should be more aware of all the factors that may increase the risk of teenage drinking, to lower the chance that the teenager will drink (“Families Can Prevent Underage Drinking | Too Smart to Start.”). Social transition, history of conduct problems, depression, and family history of alcoholism are some of the key factors that can cause teens to binge drink (“Families Can Prevent Underage Drinking | Too Smart to Start.”). Parents should drink responsibly for teens are to be responsible drinkers as well (“Families Can Prevent Underage Drinking | Too Smart to Start.”). Parents can help by working with the schools, community, and government to protect teenagers from being controlled by the temptation to drink alcohol. (“Families Can Prevent Underage Drinking | Too Smart to Start.”). Parents can show teens how to avoid being pressured to do something by being assertive (“Prevent your child from drinking underage.”). There are many organization that are in young adult neighborhoods trying to help teens from drinking while under the legal drinking age, such as an organization called Mothers Against Drunk