American Government 14 October 2011 Table of Contents 1 - Introduction 2 - Influence of environment on Alcohol consumption by minors 3 - Disadvantages of alcohol 4 - Measuring the alcohol consumption by minors may be helpful 5 - The health risks 6 – Reasons why some adolescents drink 7 – Conclusion 8 – Bibliography 1 – Introduction As we all know, alcohol plays a major role in the lives of many people who take it to relax, to celebrate, to socialize, have fun, etc. Unfortunately, the excessive use of alcohol is also responsible for many problems such as traffic accidents, health problems, family problems and unemployment. Many Americans believe that should lower the drinking at 18 years old, for many reasons mentioned below. This law of the United States was created to keep teenagers safer and reduce the accidents that cause deaths due to the influence of alcohol. The age limit for alcohol is based on research showing that young people respond differently to alcohol.
The need for more promotions on alcohol and teenagers is indicative by costs to the NHS is estimated at £2.7 billion (NHS, 2011). Fears of a further rise in the consumption of alcohol by teenage drinking will lead to more people suffering from alcohol related ailments at a much earlier age (Casswell and Thamarangsi, 2009). The need to target parents and children are pivotal in breaking cycles of drinking alcohol which perpetuates from one generation to the next (Naidoo and Wills, 2007) In conclusion this summary has shown the impact that binge drinking has on a young adult their family and society as a whole. The need to further raise the profile of illness prevention is a critical necessity (Frances and Mzwandile, 2009). Health promotion is an essential tool directing services at persons and societies making them more suitable and acceptable (Hubley and Copeman,
Results: Having a parent with an ongoing lifetime problem of alcohol is a major factor in determining how an adolescent will respond. If both of the parents are alcoholic the outcome is even more severe. | | 11. Summary/Narrative: Parent alcoholism is a risk factor for alcohol and drug use disorders in offspring and there remains significant heterogeneity in the outcomes of children that have alcoholic parents. Daughters are apt to be more vulnerable than sons to become addicted to alcohol and drugs.
Alcoholism is a progressive and disabling addictive disease. The symptoms are the drinker’s inability to control their obsessive and uncontrollable consumption of alcohol, even though the negative effects can be detrimental to the drinker's health, relationships, and social reputation. Long term alcohol abuse produces an abnormal brain chemistry, which in turn manifests as a tolerance for greater amounts of alcohol, which in turn leads to physical dependence and the compulsive inability to stop drinking. Alcoholism affects on society is publicized daily with news articles reporting arrests for drunk driving and domestic abuse. But it is alcoholisms effect on the family that has a greater impact on society.
Why can’t kids do the same thing? As “Fact Sheet” states there are an abundant amount of consequences to underage drinking. Youth who choose to drink before the age of 21 are more likely to experience school problems such as higher absence and poor or failing grades. Also the issues of social problems (such as fighting and lack of participation in youth activities), legal problems (arrests for driving or physically hurting some while drunk), physical problems (hangovers or illnesses), and unwanted/unplanned/ unprotected sexual activity are consequences. Along with disruption of normal and sexual development, physical and sexual assault, higher risk for suicide and homicide, alcohol-related car crashes and other unintentional injuries (burns, falls and drowning), memory problems, abuse of other drugs , changes in brain development that may have life-long effects, and death from alcohol poisoning.
Even parents also unintentionally conduct emotional abuse onto their child when they said awful things to their kids, failed to give needed attention which is desired by their children as well as scaring their children with myth. In our discussion paper, we will examine into the attachment theory derived by John Bowlby by looking further into the four types of attachment, namely secure attachment, insecure attachment which include resistant attachment, avoidant attachment and disorganized-disoriented attachment and how it leads to emotional and psychological child abuse. Appropriate pictures will be illustrated to enhance the understanding of attachment theory. Attachment Theory The main theorist who proposed the attachment theory came from the joint work of John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth (Ainsworth & Bowlby, 1991) . Derived from the
However it has recently come to be a notable trend that people are drinking more and more to become intoxicated, which more often than not results in hangovers, blackouts and vomiting. The ALAC website states binge drinking as consuming five or more standard alcoholic drinks in one session within four hours (Belcher, 2009, p. 1). This becomes a prominent issue when it affects people’s short and long term health and also creates pressing issues for the police and those managing alcohol outlets. Alcohol is also a large concern at public events like sports games and concerts where behaviour has to be monitored to avoid disruption. It is important that this distinguished habit of drinking in New Zealand, targeted towards youth, is approached appropriately by the Ministry of Health and the government, amidst help of other public organisations to prevent irreversible effects on the future population.
Lowering the drinking age Underage drinking has become an epidemic in today’s society among the young generation. Statistics shown more than half of adolescence between the ages of twelve and twenty have at least consumed or encountered alcohol at least twice. Alcohol is the drug of choice to some adolescents. As a result of the adolescent consuming alcohol binge drinking can occur. Frequent adolescents binge drinkers are more likely to engaged in dangerous behaviors such as, partaking other drugs such as, marijuana and cocaine, having multiplies sex partners and earning d’s and f’s for academic grades.
A child’s weak mind is unable to deal with such impacting and severe issues that have an effect on their daily life process. Child abuse and bullying can start anywhere from at home to school, to the different atmospheres that they are present in. In a few cases child abuse and bullying can be a cause and effect situation. Cause and effect from the action of being abused as a child, to lead the child into the action of becoming a bully because of prior issues. According to dictionary.com bullying is defined as “a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and
Hostile Parenting destroys a loving relationship between a parent and a child, in a way that affects the child in all aspects of their life. The child is being abused and manipulated; they feel fear and dread, anxiety and a virtual phobia when the requesting parent wants to spend any time with them. They see nothing good or positive about the parent who the child is being targeted against. At this time, I am personally that other parent. My own child and I are victims of Parental Alienation i.e.