Is Peer Pressure Driving Young Adults to Juvenile Drinking?

    It is the parents' responsibility to ensure in setting a good example for their children, because in doing that it could prevent young adults doing underage drinking. But regardless, peer pressure for teens the main cause for drinking. It is said that if parents don't spend much time around their children, because of work or other reasons, it increases the chances of teenagers going into drinking. In our society today, not many people are aware of the huge problem that involves drinking. Once a teenager starts drinking underage, it will lead to a great chance of drunk driving, with life changing consequences.
    Reading this article it scares me how such simple actions that the parents take, is inflicting their child and possibly moving them to drinking or drugs. Reading this article has me come to the conclusion that it's because of peer pressure teenagers turn to alcohol and because they turn to alcohol, it results in drunk driving. This is a scary thought.

Evidence:

• Parties unsupervised can easily lead to drinking
• If parents aren't around their children, those children have a greater chance they'll turn to alcohol or drugs
• Underage drinking is increasing because  not many laws are created against drinking alcohol

Questions:

• How can parents make an affect to be around their teenagers more?
• What are the laws concerning minors drinking alcohol?

Source:
About DWI. 3 Feb. 2010 .