We need proactive parents. Our job is to help kids stay clean and in order to do that, we need support from parents. Instead, parents encourage bad habits when they defend youths and conceal their drinking problems, Tibbitts said. One of her friends, who had a history of alcohol and drug abuse problems, recently died of a drug overdose. Tibbitts said his parents always bailed him out when he got into trouble.
Some teenagers brag after receiving probation for an alcohol-related offense.
It's a status symbol. Have a strong backbone. You're not going to be a dork.