Jamae GordoncilloProfessor BrowneWRT 040 D09 June 2014Underage Drinking's Consequences Parents play a major role in their children's choices about school, tobacco, drugs, and even alcohols. They should not initiate and reveal their young ones into these unsuitable objects that can lead them to accident that they are not ready to handle yet. In the Philippines, 60% of the people especially the teenagers have no control when it comes to drinking and smoking. It is unfortunate knowing that in this very young age, they had been already exposed into these bad habitual acts. Back when I was in my sophomore year, my schoolm ...view middle of the document...
The second main reason is peer pressure which we can mostly from our friends. One Saturday night I was at a birthday party, and everyone was having fun and drinking alcohol, of course. One group of people on our left table was trying to convince the girl to have at least one bottle of beer. She ended up drinking the entire night. I was also in a situation where my friend and I go into a serious issue towards each other. I noticed that she changed into something that she was not after being surrounded with a wrong group of people. She started to stop going with us, ditched us when we are having a group study. And little did we know, she failed her classes and dropped out of school. Third reason is violence. There are so many risks when there's alcohol involved. Youth violence takes many form of including bullying, gang violence sexual aggression, and assaults occurring in streets, bars, and nightclubs. I know someone named Ryan who is a friend of my friend, but I do not really go out with them because I do not want to be in that particular group. They like to go bar hopping, drink and party all night. Fights between gang members erupted after drinking; alcohol was used prior to fights to build confidence. They were teasing and playing around with each other until one of their friends got pissed, and turned into a scandalous fight. As a conclusion, parents should not introduce alcohol especially to underage drinkers because they will think that it is allowed, even if it isn't.