The use of alcohol is not harmful. I just recently read about studies which prove that couple of glasses of wine a day improves heart function. And it is also proved that hops and other beer products positively affect the body.
Lee, 13, Gilbert, Arizona.
Can't be Smoking so harmful as everyone says. I know a lot of people who smoke and bad feeling.
John, 12 years, of Kamuela, Hawaii.
From strong drinks such as vodka or whiskey, you will carry, but a few Beers or a couple glasses of wine will not bring harm.
Daisy, 14, M idea Park, North Carolina.
If you drink a little alcohol, and then a lot of water and will often urinate in an hour all will be released.
Brett, 15 years old, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
As can be seen from many interviews, teenagers incorrectly look at alcohol and tobacco. There are many sources of misunderstanding, ranging from romanticized view on alcohol and cigarettes in mass media before personal experience. But we must remember that the wrong view of alcohol and tobacco can lead to a dangerous path.
Daisy thinks that spirits are different than a glass of wine or beer. She can get into real trouble, believing that after several bottles of beer or several glasses of wine she strongly will not get drunk. And Brett with the wrong understanding will get to even big trouble. Even if after drinking it and would drink one bottle of water after another, it hardly would improve his condition.
Talking to your child about alcohol and cigarettes can be difficult. Many of us feel more than inconveniently during similar talk with parents. A good place, time and reason for conversation can serve as a good beginning for him and bad — easy to deprive him of any productivity. And since alcohol and tobacco are the cause of numerous deaths each year, it is very important to ensure that your conversation with the teenager was effective. During polls I asked teenagers: where, in your opinion, is the best person to talk about cigarettes and about alcohol? How would your parents start a conversation about it? I continued and continued to ask the children about how it is better to begin full conversation. Everything from the place and time of conversation to the occasions which served as the beginning of conversation coincided with that they had previously told me regarding the drugs.
I think this makes sense, because, like most teenagers think that alcohol and cigarettes remain drugs. And though teenagers say that the best ways to start conversation same, as is the case with drugs, the end of conversation happens absolutely another. There is another problem — how to attract the attention of the teenager to this subject. That is, in their words, works best.
