Tag: alcohol education
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A New Year’s Resolution Every Parent Can Embrace: Discuss Responsible Drinking with Your Kids
Get Pregnant Fast As the New Year rolls around, many of us find ourselves making resolutions that often fade before we can even savor the first few days of January. Every year, I promise myself to get fit. And I do! For about three days anyway. Then life throws its curveballs—kids fall ill, laundry piles…
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Teaching Responsible Drinking Habits to Teens Starts Early (Lives Are at Stake)
Get Pregnant Fast On a chilly February night, Sarah Thompson received the heart-wrenching news that no parent should ever have to hear: her 19-year-old son, Michael, was dead. Michael, a pledge at the Delta Kappa fraternity at State University, had taken part in a hazing event that involved excessive drinking the night before. Surveillance footage…
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The Essential Conversation About Teen Drinking You Shouldn’t Skip
Get Pregnant Fast Ah, the classic moment every parent dreads: “So, Mom, there’s this party I want to attend on Saturday night…” I first heard those words from my daughter, Emily, during a casual trip to grab some coffee as her eighth-grade year was wrapping up. The sun was shining, and life felt perfect until…