Alcoholism among children

Introduction

After a long and tiresome shift one can go to a pub and have a couple of drinks. What can be wrong with that? The thing is that adults often forget that children are watching closely and form their own opinion about the world judging by the behaviour of grown-ups. In the 21 century children start drinking alcohol at a very young age and the problem is becoming bigger.

Process

Surf the net and answer the following questions:

1) Drinking alcohol

What are the most and the least drinking countries?

What is "Legal drinking age"? When are people allowed to drink alcohol in Russia? In the USA? In UK?

How widespread is underage drinking?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drinking_age

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alc..

http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/special-popul..

2) Alcoholism

What is alcoholism? What are the signs of it?

What tests are there that can help to recognise drinking problems?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholism

http://alcoholism.about.com/od/tests/a/tests.htm

3) Underage Drinking

What are the main characteristics of underage drinking?

Point out main statistic results about where youth get alcohol and where youth drink it.

What are the main reasons for children to drink alcohol\ to start drinking alcohol?

Do you think that parent's influence has an effective result? Why? Why not? Answer according to statistics.

http://www.camy.org/factsheets/sheets/Characteristics_of_Underage_Drinking.html

http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/AA67/AA67.htm

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/causes-of-teenage-drinking.html

http://samhsa.gov/underagedrinking/pdfs/why_children_start_drinking.pdf

http://www.centurycouncil.org/underage-drinking/what-youth-say-about-alcohol

http://www.youthhealthtalk.org/young_people_drugs_and_alcohol/Topic/4006

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUlVIyGo7II

Watch the video? What does it say to the society? What is your attitude to it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7pjZc9lBD4&feature=youtu.be

What are the main consequences of underage drinking? Classify them (health, family, academic consequences and so on).

http://www.camy.org/factsheets/sheets/consequences_of_underage_drinking.html

http://www.samhsa.gov/

http://www.ojjdp.gov/pubs/237145.pdf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=954o5i6fbj4

4)Prevention

 Why You Should Talk With Your Child About Alcohol

 Should parents forbid children akcohol or it should be like advise?

 When should you start talking to a child about alcohol?

 What You Can Do To Prevent Your Child From Drinking

 Why do you think getting a driver’s license may increase the risk of a child’s alcohol use?

 Why being involved in children’s lives and encouragment children’s growing independence should prevent him or her from drinking?

http://www.samhsa.gov/underagedrinking/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcPH-pnj0uE

http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh26-1/5-14.htm

Project

Make your own community and family studies research project based on the information above and on the examples below. Make a presentation about the results of the survey. In your presentation include the general information about underage drinking.

http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101116222948AAMfEv1

http://www.google.ru/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhtsa.gov%2Fpeople%2Finjury%2Falcohol%2Fcommunity%2520guides%2520html%2FPDFs%2FNP_Appen3.pdf&ei=nR5LUtLlPISl4AT4k4DoDw&usg=AFQjCNGjVjlfaFU8K4ltHHZajTORfrd2tA&bvm=bv.53371865,d.bGE&cad=rjt