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May 8th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda TUESDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) — Everyone knows teen behavior
is highly influenced by their friends, but a new study finds even a
friend’s parents can influence whether or not a teen drinks alcohol or
uses drugs.
If the parents of your teen’s friends are unaware of their child’s drug
or alcohol use, or worse, condone it, that may make your child more likely
to partake as well, the study found.
“Among friendship groups with ‘good parents’ there’s a synergistic
effect — if your parents are consistent and aware of your whereabouts,
and your friends’ parents are also consistent and aware of their
(children’s) whereabouts, then you are less likely to use substances,”
study author Michael Cleveland, research assistant professor at Penn State
University, said in a university news release. “But if you belong to a
friendship group whose parents are inconsistent, and your parents are
consistent, you’re still more likely to use alcohol.”
The study is published in the May issue of the Journal of Studies on
Alcohol and Drugs.
Researchers surveyed about 9,000 ninth-graders from rural school
districts about their closest friends, their parents’ discipline and if
their parents knew who their friends were. After questioning the teens,
the researchers identified nearly 900 different groups of friends, each
made up of about 10 to 11 teenagers. One year later, the teens were
surveyed again about their use of alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana.
Teens whose parents were consistent in their discipline and generally
knew what their children were up to were less likely to use drugs or
alcohol. However, even if parents were consistent and aware of their
teen’s activities, some of that protection was erased if their friends’
parents were more lenient or clueless.
“The peer context is a very powerful influence. We’ve found in other
studies that the peer aspect can overwhelm your upbringing,” Cleveland
said.
More information
The American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry has more
about teen substance abuse.
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