The article that I read for teen drinking is called “Teen
Drinking Diaries.” This article was published on June 25, 2010. I found this
article online on The New York Times website, http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/teenage-drinking-diaries.
This type of article was kind of different and it was more about the actual
teens writing about their experience with alcohol. Most of them tried it as
young as 15 or so, and they talk about their situations. I thought this was
pretty interesting because reading about it from a teenager who actually tried
it makes it seem more realistic. I don’t know if that makes sense but you
actually hear from the teenager instead of reading from research and all that
stuff that researchers come up with. Basically, these teenagers are telling us
that when you drink at a young age, you have no idea what’s in for you at the
end. You don’t know how much to chug, drink, how many shots to take, how long
you should, and the end results from it. Then that’s when you learn your lesson
from your hangover. The good thing is that they never drove under the influence,
which was probably the only smart thing they did. Other than that, they were
curious because their parents never informed them about alcohol. So this leads
up to the parents to come in and inform their children about this stuff, or
else they find out the hard way. This was something different but it helped me
understand my curiosity question because it was coming from the peers itself.
This article was interesting to read because well from a teenager that never drunk any kind of alcohol I couldn't really relate to this topic. Well yes like any other teenager in the world I did think about it a lot when I was younger, but now that I am older, then I was I don't really really want to right now. The brain doesn't really develop all the way until you reach around 21 or somewhere around there. So may be later when I get a little bit older, and had my brain to be develop all the way. I think that teenager do this kind of stuff because their parents didn't really tell enough of about alcohol, and what it can do to your body after you have drunk some of it. And like you said they have to find out the really hard way by drinking a lot at first, and having so many problems the next day. So I think if the teenager really wants to try any kind of alcohol they sound go to their parents, and really ask them how much is safe to drink. I know that everyone's body handles alcohol differently, but there should be a estimated value of alcohol that is safe to try. I knew a lot of people who tried their first alcohol, and they couldn't really stop, and they almost died. But I think that is a disease that can't be cured. So thank you for making this blog I thought it was very good, and another reason why I am glad I didn't try alcohol when I was younger.
ReplyDeleteThis article was appealing because I like reading articles that are from an actual person’s point of view rather than reading about some person’s facts on some random topic they did research on. I think that it does make it more realistic too because its coming from a real person who went through tough trials and tells people their stories. I can relate to some of these kids comments about drinking at a young age because I think it is true that you don’t know what’s in it for you until the end until when your hangover and drunk. Nothing good ever comes out of alcohol, the same with other drugs. The only thing I would say is that parents need to inform their kids about the dangers and addiction of drugs and alcohol. Parents really need to step up and really grunge down on their kids about the risk of alcohol. Many parents aren’t talking to their kids about these kinds of issue, which is something, that they really to notify them about. I feel that it’s not the children’s fault it’s the parents who are the responsible ones. They just need to do their job and pay more attention to their kids. If they actually paid more attention to their children none of this would be happening. Parents who drink or do drugs in front of their children is just another example of bad parenting. It’s just influencing the kid to do the same. But parents really need to focus more on their children and discuss the bad things about alcohol and drugs.
ReplyDeleteI think that it does makes more sense because it’s coming from an teenager who went through it and tells people about his/ her stories. This article may have made a lot impact on other students on why they start and some of may think twice to do it after reading it. I can relate to some of these teenager’s comments about drinking at a young age because I think it is true since we are all curious on how it is until you have a hangover. Many parents don’t talk to their kids about these kinds of issue and hope that they make the right choices but when it gets to late tell them not to do it they are already drinking behind their backs. Some parents do talk to their kids but the kids tend to feel that the parents are strict and sneak off to party to experience it. But parents really need to focus more on their children and talk about the bad things about alcohol. The outcome of what alcohol can do to you and how it will mess your life up. Some parents tend to let their kids drink to let them get it out their system but to me that’s just wrong. Teen drinking is one of the things I worry about with my kid when she gets older. I guess there’s always ways to say no to your kids but they will do what feels right or wrong. At the end it’s up to the kid to make the choice to do it or not.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading thbis article. Its good to read about a person own experience. I have never smoked anything, and i dont have the urge to do it. But i believe that alot of teenagers do it because of peer pressure or because they seem to want attention and feel like they fit in a certain crowd, and i also feel that it has to do alot with how much attention parents put into their childrens life. I think that if they would try to involve themselves more into what their children do they would do what they are doing and maybe help them not get into those kinds of things. How they are raised and hwat children see when theyv are young really influences them not to or to do it. I was raised with a very catholic family and if i did anything like that it would have turn into this big ole like the world was crashing down. I guess it all just really depends on what kind of person you are , if youre gonna let peer pressure get to you, or if youre gonna try to put yourself into that bad crowd. You gotta always know whats best for you, not what others want for you :)
ReplyDeleteWow this article reminded me of high school and how man of my peers smoke. How the older always pressure the young to try it because they thought it be cool and awesome to do it. But I can say I tried a cig before but never like the taste or the gilt of smoking it and that was like 6 years ago when I first got into high school. But glad I never took that road, Like most of my friends smoke cig or weed and already know that I don’t smoke to glad I never got pressure like other people pressure there friend to do it or try it at least ones. But your article was great, and just reminded me a lot of high school and people always pressure one another to try it or at least smoke it to be cool. Now the people that smoke a lot, look different and there personality from the smokes make people look like there old and grew to fast.
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