Our national hero, Jose Rizal, used to say, "our children are the future of our society." The generation of today have very weird hobbies and pastimes that the parents and guardians are having a very hard time comprehending and understanding. We parents are trying to give our children the appropriate freedom that they need in order that they will grow to their full potential, but nowadays, every social gathering of young adults always involve alcohol.Drinking among teenagers nowadays are very rampant. Every event in a high school student's years up to college, drinking alcoholic beverages is very common and are usually ignored by the parents and guardians. Even how strict a parent is, a young adult can always find a way of getting past their parents and continue drinking alcoholic beverages. It may start as a curiosity, and tasting of alcoholic beverage by a 13 year old, but as it goes unmonitored, the situation becomes severe already before the parent is aware of the condition of their child. Unlike other vices, drinking alcoholic beverage does not need a lot of money. Few high school students, can easily save their allowance to buy 1 bottle of whiskey mixed with soda, which they can already enjoy together.
Addiction in alcohol among teenagers is very rampant and often continues silently. Peer pressure is the one that has the greatest contribution on teenage alcoholism. That is why parents are advised to know, and if possible, to choose the friends that your child goes with.
Educating young people on the harmful effects of alcohol, with the proper parental guidance are few of the important things that can help our youth in preventing them from being hooked to alcoholism.
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