Recommendations from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University for parents to deal with underage drinking:
• Set rules and expectations and enforce consequences.
• Eat dinner together.
• Monitor television viewing, Internet use and CD purchases.
• Know your children's friends and where they go.
• Send clear messages about alcohol use.
• Discuss problems caused by underage drinking.
• Give your children perspective on media messages.
• Don't show children that it takes a drink to relax.
• Don't accept underage drinking as a rite of passage.
• When your child needs help, get treatment fast.
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