Teenage Drinking

I was trying to come up with a subject to write about and the first thing that came to my mind was something that i faced in high school: teenage drinking. Teenage drinking is something that faces all teenagers across the map. I know that when i was in high school all of the popular kids parties included drinking and if you were at the party you were expected to drink. Whether or not to drink up is a personal choice, I personally chose not to entirely jump on the bandwagon with some of my other friends. Some of my peers in high school choose to drink almost everyday before school and not just at parties. They would fill up pop bottles at home with their parents alcohol and drink it on the way to school or even in their first hour class. I was always concerned for them but me trying to get them to stop seamed to have no effect on their decision. Despite me trying to no avail, there are several things that can be done to prevent teenage drinking. One of the most important things in the fight against teenage drinking isn't the teenagers friends but in fact the teens parents. Parents in this day in age either choose to think that it simply is not occurring in their homes or are in fact completely ignorant to the fact that their teen might be picking up a bottle. If parents were more informed about the harmful effects of teenage drinking or of the signs to look out for then there would be a significant decrease in teenage drinking. When parents do realize that their teen could in fact be drinking without their knowledge underage drinking will at that point become a real problem to them and they will almost certainly do something about it. Schools and cities would be helpful in making parents aware of the problem if they ran campaigns about teenage drinking. They could have meetings at a town recreation center or at the local school. Parents need to wake up and something needs to be done about teenage drinking.