Adult smoking and (more) alcohol - notOnly a legitimate pastime; it is an activity that everyone has the right to expect from them. Almost all adult activities you will find alcohol. At competitions beer sold in coffee shops, or is carried directly on the noisy stands by traders; many parents drink wine or beer at dinner (sometimes more than two bottles) after work. And what a picnic without beer or even a few servings of »Margarita»? The idea that alcohol - an integral part of any adult activities. Smoking can have the same meaning for many families, whether it be half a pack a day or a single cigar. So how can you tell the child not to drink or smoke with a bottle of beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other? You, then, perhaps it is understandable, but do not you think that teenagers are taking this as hypocrisy?
My mom smokes a pack a day. I do not understand it - it is ready to tear my head off when he sees a cigarette in my mouth. She says I'm going to kill myself. But I'm sure, »smoked» 100 packs of cigarettes, just living with it in the same house, in the same atmosphere of tobacco smoke. If she can kill herself, why can not I?
Hank, 17 years, Laurel, Delaware.
I'm not drunk, but I love the fact that everybody likes: a drink at a party. Father throws at me for it, saying that spoil yourself liver. And he drinks all the time.
Sherry, 16 years, Ash Fork, Arizona.
Родитель в некотором роде похож на полицейского. Но у него, вероятно, больше удовольствий, потому что он может сам придумывать наказания и законы. Представьте себе, что полицейские постоянно превышают скорость, проезжают на красный свет и продают крэк. Если они остановят вас и выпишут квитанцию за нарушение правил, вы почувствуете, что они нарушают ваши права. Как они смеют штрафовать вас за то, что делают сами? Этот вопрос постоянно задают подростки, чьи родители курят и пьют. Когда подростки жалуются родителям на несправедливость, получают ответ: «Жизнь несправедлива». Или: «Я взрослый и могу принимать собственные решения. Когда ты вырастешь, тоже сможешь». Но подростки очень быстро отвергают такие объяснения и не прислушиваются к советам.
Even if smoking and alcohol are not rejectedlaw and you, your actions can lead us into confusion. It is reasonable for you to say: »Look, I'm an adult. When you become an adult, too, will be able to do so. » But not all teenagers kupyatsya this, especially when they see the consequences of bad habits in life parents. So how you can demand from teenagers perform what they do not do it yourself? I have bad news for you: teenagers with whom I spoke, did not consider such a requirement is justified. The law will be successful only if - it does not matter, you are a police officer or a parent - when you prove the validity of his power and his own example. Teens want you to do the same, what you need from them.
Here, I think, the question arises: how much you want to, we did not drink and did not smoke? Enough?
