Do Movies Have a Drinking Problem? Booze in Movies Drives Teens to Binge, Says Study

I'll drink to that...

...Or maybe parents can be responsible for their own kids.

What about all the airbrushing that goes on that is telling our teens that if they don't look like these models etc that they aren't good enough. But what is wrong is that looking like that is unobtainable to the average female. Stop airbrushing it is hurting our youth. They have unrealistic expectations of how they should look. You cant even watch a commercial without a half naked airbrushed women. Makes me sick.

Well that's it, then, if drinking in movies is making teenagers binge drink, then we'll edit all the drinking out of movies. We'll also edit out car chases, because they might encourage reckless driving. We'll edit out love scenes, because they might encourage teens to engage in sexual activity. We'll edit all this out, and then the parents won't have to bother teaching their kids about moderation, or self control.

Movies are about DRAMA. A movie without conflict and drama would be dull and boring. The good ones show how drinking does not solve your problems and gives an learning opportunity. The bad ones glorify it. If you raise your kid right, this won't be a problem.

Yeah lets not blame the kid for making that decision or even the parent for not educating the kid. Let's blame movies and games for behavior and drug problems, that makes a lot of sense

Off the top of my head I could not even guess at any specific label promoted in a movie. Sales go up, but how many teens are able to buy liquor and beer? So maybe the laws for stores need to be better inforced and parents need to be more aware of missing beverages. I just dont see laying this at the feet of movies. Stop laying blame on every door step but the one that matters, THE PARENTS!

Wow! That's the stupidest thing I've read. If these movies are making impressionable teens drink, maybe these movies should have an "R" rating. I have seen tons of movies where the main or supporting characters drink, smoke, do drugs, have affairs, steal, etc, but that doesn't have an impact in my life.
Is it me or are they just trying to make movies too PC? Come on, people! There will always be a time when SOMEONE is bound to be offended, it happens, we are not perfect, so what? Take it like a champ and move on! Otherwise, we are raising a whole generation of wusses, no wonder a lot of younger kids I've seen are so wimpy.

Entertainment is entertainment. Not all of it has something to do with teens doing stuff they think is cool. They probably forgot the fact that other teens who have done it pressure/persuade others in doing it cause they think it's cool. Or parents doing the same thing and having their kids witness it. It's more to that than what's on TV.

When i was a teenager, I saw plenty of movies, that had sex, booze, drugs, ect and guess what? I didnt care to do any of those things! Sure i sipped a beer cause my dad let me just to see what it tastes like and honestly i dont care that much for beer. I already knew drugs was bad so i didnt care to try those. Kids do the same thing in school but i was my own person i knew what was right or wrong good and bad and i didnt let my peers influence me cause i had good parents.

Way to scapegoat movies with something that should be the parents responsibility.... I am pretty sure I watched movies with smoking, drinking, drug use and sex in it some point in my childhood... AND I have parents that drank and smoked in front of us... yet the number of times I drink is maybe 5 times in one year and it's a limited amount of alcohol... :-/

The closest I have ever come to imitating anything I ever saw in movie as a teen was buying white Keds and cutting off my jeans into knee length shorts after watching Dirty Dancing in high school. I may have done that but I didn't sleep with a dance instructor or pay for a friend to get an abortion and those things happened in the movie too. Maybe I was raised better, but I've never been inspired to do a stupid behavior because I saw it in a movie. I rarely even notice what kind of alcohol they're drinking, let alone care about buying it.
Also, who is letting their kids watch stuff like The Hangover or Sex in the City? Those movies are clearly intended for people 17 and over. Perhaps if you've got kids impressionable enough to imitate the risky behaviors in the movie then maybe you should be paying closer attention to the kinds of things they are watching.

I'm more worried about a teen not knowing fantasy from reality than anything else.
Seriously, why wouldn't you teach someone that? Step away from the gadgets and TEACH!

How do you say for sure if movies with drinking encourages teen drinking? you still have to many variables on family life, the type of peers their around, and where they live.

I question the parents more in this then movies, have they ever talked about how Movie are fantasy and never to do it it real life.

aren't we all responsible for our own kids. although i do believe actors, athletes, and music stars should be more careful how they represent themselves because of their young fan base, i think it starts in the home. why are young girls watching sex and the city, or bridesmaids? there are alot of tv and movies specifically made for adults, not kids. parents be responsible for your kids, what they watch and what behavior they are exposed to by the adults around them...

Are you kidding? Of course kids get ideas from media. My 12 year old daughter wears thong underwear because of media. Why? Because people wear thong underwear. Its real life people.

#$%$ Most people I know drink because they do. Not because they ar emulating some HollyWood Ho.

It is always everybody's fault but the parents who made these kids. I can't help but notice that most of the movies mentioned above are rated R, these are not intended for 10-14 year olds. We cannot edit to world and make it child friendly, just TALK to your kids!

I used to drink, and it wasn't cause of a movie. I did it cause all my other friends were doing it. I tried, got bored, and stopped.
Everybody's different I guess