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Kids who begin drinking in the 7th grade are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior in mid-adolescence - but parents can make a difference in their kids' drinking habits, researchers have shown.
In a new study, U.S. investigators found that students who said they started drinking by the 7th grade were more likely to say they had unprotected sex, multiple partners, sex while drunk or high, or been pregnant. In another related study, a group of researchers showed that middle-schoolers who binge drink -- downing at least 5 drinks on one occasion -- are more likely to binge drink in high school. However, kids who said their parents were involved in their lives -- communicated well with them, were reasonable, and moderately supervised their activities -- were less likely to say they tried binge drinking. This suggests that parents can influence kids' choices, the researchers write. |
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