Parents Strongly Influence Teens' Drinking
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NEW YORK  - Parents who supply alcohol for  their teenagers' parties may be encouraging their children to  binge drink when no adult is watching, a new study suggests.
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Adolescents whose parents are  infected or have died from HIV/AIDS cope significantly better  emotionally if they have a strong social support system in  place, according to research published today in the American  Journal of Public Health.
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American parents are troubled about how much their kids play and  interact with media including everything from downloading music onto  iPods, social networking on the Internet, playing video games to  watching TV.
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Under-age drinking led to the deaths of more than 500 Australian teenagers in the decade leading up to 2002, according to a new university study.
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Teenage girls in Britain are binge drinking more than boys, turning the tables on a traditionally male practice, a study has shown.
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A teenager who crashed his parents' car is among almost 200 people caught drink driving in a festive crackdown.
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Teenagers who gamble are more likely than other people their age to say they also drink alcohol and take drugs, new research reports.
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A survey shows that people in a handful of northern tier states drink to excess at very early ages.
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High school students are more likely to smoke, drink and use marijuana when they get their driver&#39;s license because they get more opportunities to be free of adult supervision
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A survey suggests fewer youngsters drink regularly,   but many of those who do drink too much.
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By Jackie Burrell, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  May 29--Fearful parents may conjure up images of trench-coated predators trolling the Web, but the virtual world their teens actually inhabit is more like the soda shop of yesteryear or the mall -- a place to hang with friends.
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Here are some things to worry about _ and what to do about them _ when it comes to raising teens.  - Sober advice: "Under-age drinking is a real problem," says Dr. Glennah Trochet, a health officer for Sacramento County, Calif.
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Gabe: You might have seen this story on CNN about the teens that murdered a homeless guy and then equated it to the sort of thrill one might get from a violent video game. There will be plenty of articles focusing on these kids and their crime. I"d like to take a second and talk about the parents of these teenagers instead. It is the job of a parent to teach their children certain rules. Obviously the rules themselves and the emphasis each family places on them will vary, but there are certain universal constants that these parents obviously failed to pass on.
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Severe alcohol and drug abuse by teenagers, particularly girls, may be easily missed during routine and urgent-care medical visits.
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NEWARK, N.J. - A father's attempt to teach his daughter a lesson about drinking backfired when the teen led police to a stash of drugs and weapons inside their home.  Kevin Winston, 46, called police at 2:45 a.m. Friday after his 16-year-old daughter came home drunk and unruly.
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Young American teenagers are becoming  intimate and having sex at an earlier age than their parents  suspect, according to a new survey.
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NEW YORK  - Adolescents whose parents are infected or have died from HIV/AIDS cope significantly better emotionally if they have a strong social support system in place, according to research published today in the American Journal of Public Health.