On Underage drinking

Posted on October 14 at 10:57 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

MakeItBetter, I completely agree with your statement. With me being 18 years old, underage drinking is a pretty big issue that I have had to deal with. I have parents that don’t condone me drinking, but they realize that just because they don’t want me to drink, doesn’t mean that I’m not going to. They tell me to be smart about drinking at parties, and to call them for a ride if I need one so I don’t drive with someone who has been drinking. They don’t do this because they want to be “cool”, they do this because it allows me to be safer.
I have multiple friends that their parents are extremely against underage drinking, and ironically enough, they happen to be the biggest drinkers out of all of my friends. One of them actually got a DUI because she couldn’t call her parents for a ride, when there was no one else that could.
I still don’t necessarily think that the legal drinking age should be lowered, but I do think that parents should open their eyes, and realize that if a teenager wants to drink, they are going to, regardless if the parents agree with it or not. So they should talk with their teen and tell them the risks of drinking and just tell them to do it responsibly if they choose to do it all.