Teens who think their parents are watching over their behaviors are less likely to use marijuana, according to new research from the Claremont Graduate University.

Dr. William Crano and his colleagues reviewed 17 previous studies of more than 35,000 people.

"It was clear that kids who thought their parents were monitoring them used much less marijuana than kids who did not.,"Dr. Crano said. "The interesting thing is that this has to do with the kids' perception of parents monitoring and not necessarily what their parents are actually doing."

"If your kids think that you know what they are doing and where they are at, who they are with and what they are doing when they are not within your sight -- that has a big impact on the kind of trouble they are going to get into," Dr. Crano said.

Labels: teen_drug_use, marijuana, parental_involvement

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