Another interesting fact about the teenage brain is that binge drinking could kill brain cells to the point of permanent brain damage in adolescents’ brain and is less …show more content…
In order to reduce the experimentation with substances and alcohol, parents could be effective and monitor their adolescents’ activity, educate ways to resist peer pressure, and highlighting health risks (Berk, 2009). These ways will potentially help adolescents because they have an imaginary audience, where they believe that they are the center of everyones’ attention (Berk, 2009). Therefore, adolescents will do everything they can to avoid embarrassment and will resort to peer pressure. The prevention and treatment strategies will help these adolescents become more aware and potentially avoid peer pressure with substance abuse and