A study of 449 college-bound female high school seniors who were not allowed by their parents to drink alcohol at all engaged in less binge drinking while in college compared to those who were allowed to drink at home with friends. The authors suggest that parental drinking permissiviveness and later binge drinking is heavily influenced by the mother’s alcohol approval. Even parent-monitored drinking does not protect adolescents from drinking heavily later.
PositiveTip: Prohibit your adolescents from drinking alcoholic beverages at home for their later benefit.