what are your views on teenage drinking?

Question

are you against it or for it? and why? what are the likely consequences for youth drinking?

Answer 1

Teen drinking is ok not thing wrong with a little alcohol to feeling good while living in the world of stressful and future look uncertain and full of debt.

If only we stop giving $$$ to the rest of the world, country like israel we "must support" like 4 billions dollars from tax payers a yrs. to keep them jews alive and happy so they can use that money funnel back to u.s and control us.

Answer 2

Not a big fan of it at all......

Teenagers have social and emotional maturing to do, and if every time they drink they're taking time away from time that could have been spent maturing.

A PBS special showed that teenagers' brains are not finished developing until "early- to mid- twenties". It doesn't seem like to "swift" an idea to be drinking when a brain isn't finished maturing.

Years ago I saw a program on alcohol and drug use. If I recall correctly it was stated that too much alcohol use can cause brain cells to die. It was stated that people have had done too much drinking/drugs may lose their ability to see the world in "real colors" and instead see it (I mean how their eyes see it) in a dulled down, gray.

When people begin drinking as teenagers they are more likely to be alcoholics.

Drinking too much can cause a person to make very bad decisions that could damage and/or destroy his own life and future and/or damage/destroy the lives and futures of other people in one way or another.

There is nothing dumber looking than a kid who has been drinking.

Finally, people are only teenagers once. What they experience and what they do with their minds/bodies should be positive things rather than dark, stupid, negative things that could detract from their intellectual/emotional maturation process.

Answer 3

When I was young in New York, the drinking age was 18--so naturally kids as young as 14 were in bars with phony "proof."
On the weekends, the people from New Jersey would come in to drink, as their drinking age was 21.

Teens have died of alcohol poisoning, have been sexually attacked, have been hurt in many ways by drinking. What is not right, however, is like back during Vietnam, we have a war going on. Do you think that someone should be fighting for their country--and possibly losing life or limbs--and not be allowed a drink? I don't think so.

Answer 4

Personally, I believe that moderation is the key. That and the fact that their parents should educate them on it and not forbid them to drink alcohol as that would just create a forbidden fruit syndrome.

For example, my mom encouraged me to drink red wine when I was 13 - just a little sip now and then mind you. Her reason was that I should learn how to drink. Whenever she had a drink she would just let me have a few sips. As I grew older, she started letting me have a little to myself. Now that I'm 18, she doesn't control my drinking as she knows that I know my limits. She knows that I won't stupidly get myself drunk or anything like that.

So I think parents should be educating their children about drinking and not leaving them in the dark all about it. Some 'practical' sessions would be good too.

As 18 is the legal age for drinking in my country, you can observe people going nuts and just drinking by the bucket when they turn 18. Every gathering would have alcohol and guys would brag about how much alcohol they can take. It's really inane and immature.

Answer 5

There are reasons that the drinking age has a limit. For starters, teenagers are not experienced in the ways of the world and not fully equipped to handle all the possibilities of danger even when sober. It seems to me to be asking for trouble when young people put themselves in the situation of having no control over their actions and/or safety by getting blind rotten drunk. Young people binge drink a lot more, because they set out intending on getting DRUNK, not just having a couple of social drinks, and binge drinking is really not good for the body. Teenagers, no matter their upbringing or maturity levels, just aren't responsible enough for their actions, sober or drunk, so it seems that adding something to the mix which is going to lower inhibitions, maybe increase violence, increase feelings of invincibility, is just not a smart thing to do!! Not to mention, large amounts of alcahol in young people affect how their brains grow, and affects how much calcium their growing bones lay down, making them more prone to osteoporosis later in life. The earlier a person starts drinking, the more likely they are to become alcoholic.
All good reasons, in my opinion, for a person to wait for the legal age (at least!) to start drinking!!
And in case you think I'm just an ignorant teetotaller, I have a drink regularly, and did drink at parties when I was a teenager! Which makes me shudder when I think of the situations I put myself in!
Have fun!

Answer 6

This isn't a popular answer but, I'm against it. Every month, there are lives lost because of drinking. Families are destroyed because of it. Yet, we call it a right. Teenagers think that they are invincible and nothing will happen to them. But statistics tell us a different story. It's amazing how much money and taxes is generated from alcohol sales and yet we wonder why there aren't stricter rules and laws.

Answer 7

I am against it.
Teenagers brains arent fully developed (they are fully devoped at the age of 25), and I honestly dont think that they are old enough to be making responsible decisions regarding alcohol. Alcohol is NOT good for messing around.
Its so scarey and alarming how teenagers abuse alcohol with binge drinking, drink-driving etc.

Answer 8

The parents need to educate their children about drinking, the effect it has on the body and the dangers of it.

I don't think they should keep it a taboo topic. I would rather my kids ask me about it rather then some stranger.

When I was little my dad used to always give me a sip of his drink.This was no big deal so when I turned 18 drinking meant nothing to me as I was alway exposed to it.

It's something that only a responsible adult should be consuming in moderation.

Answer 9

My views do not matter. We have a law that states that teenagers can not drink alcoholic beverages. Read the traffic statistics, to see consequences.

Answer 10

I think it's fxcking pathetic.

A bunch of losers with nothing better to do over the weekends than to smoke and drink the world away. It's the same with sex and drugs. Every single person in my school does the same thing every weekend. Drinking, smoking, drugs, and sex. It's a pity to think that half of these kids are going to eventually be doctors or lawyers.. I wouldn't want them taking care of ME in a hospital bed. Ugh.