Communication
Research suggests that students' socializing patterns are often established in the first six weeks of their first year on campus. Factors that can influence high-risk behaviors within a social setting include group drinking norms.
Relationships
The effectiveness of your communication about alcohol is reflective of the relationship you have with your sons and daughters. Is there a pattern of open communication in your relationship? Have you discussed difficult issues with them (i.e. sex, drugs, friends, and especially alcohol use)?
Drinking
Accurate information about the current drinking scene at MCC is vital to help parents’ credibility when talking to their sons and daughters about alcohol. If students know their parents are informed, they’re more likely to take what parents say seriously and talk about what they think of drinking.