"This reality can be leveraged to promote healthy choices through 'social norming'. Social norming operates on the notion that if the general impression is that most kids don't drink alcohol, then those who do drink will drink less, and fewer will start drinking."Several high schools, middle schools, and colleges have begun using the social norming approach and found it to be very effective in curbing risky behavior. It's a strategy parents can use as well by talking to their teens about what everyone is not doing. Source: San Marcos Daily Record
Labels: behavior, trends, stereotypes
Posted By: Aspen Education Group