4 Troubled Teens Blog

The 2008 Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS) from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America has been released, and some of the findings are very encouraging. Among the highlights is a dramatic increase in the number of teens who say they have talked to their parents about drugs.

"The study revealed a major increase in the number of teens who reported 'learning a lot' about the risks of drugs from their parents: 37 percent reported this, a 16 percent increase from the previous year. This is the first major increase in this area since the study began 20 years ago."

New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Nicholas Toumpas said this information seems to indicate that parents and teens are finding some common language, and that the conversations are having a real impact. Source: NH Insider

Labels: drugs, risky_behaviors, parents

Posted By: Aspen Education Group