Gathering Information #3

September 27, 2010

Gathering Information

 "Teen Social Issues." Parenting, Parenting Problems, Types of Parenting, Parenting Children. Web. 28  Sept. 2010. <http://parenting.ygoy.com/teen-social-issues/>

·         Teenage drinking and driving is the most recognized social problem.

·         Teens drink alcohol due to peer pressure, what they hear or see in the media, and their parents attitude towards drinking,

·         If their parents drink on a regular basis there is more of a chance that the teenager could become addicted; whereas, the parent's disapprove of alcohol their children might too.

·         Other reasons teenagers drink is because of rebellion, recreation, fatigue, boredom, and to relieve depression.

·         Teenagers try alcohol out of curiosity.

·         Most teens think its cool to drink and drive.

·         Males are more prone to binge drinking then females.

·         Caucasian students have the highest level of drinking and African American students have the lowest.

·         Alcohol leads to automobile accidents.

·         Rehabilitation centers help addicted teens.

·         They provide a treatment plan consisting of: education, group therapy, life story, individual therapy, peer assessment, recreational therapy, coping skills, relaxation therapy, support group attendance, and spirituality.

·         To help prevent teen drinking you can make the community aware of this severity of this social problem and educating the teens about the bad outcome of drinking.