A new study has found that teenagers consume more alcohol during the summer before they start college than during any other time in their adolescence. In general, teen alcohol abuse also increases during the summer, with the months between high school and college seeing the most dramatic rises in this dangerous behavior.

“University of Rhode Island Psychology Professor Mark Wood advises parents to monitor their children – know where they are, whom they are with and what they are doing. He said ‘this type of monitoring, particularly in combination with an emotionally supportive parenting style, is associated with less drinking and few alcohol-related problems…’” [Source: Hindustan Times]

The tendency among teens to drink right before college was consistent regardless of parenting style, but teens whose parents were both supportive and set boundaries drank less than their counterparts.

Labels: alcohol_abuse, summer, college

Posted By: Stefanie Hamilton