R-Rated Films Linked With Underage Drinking

New research has discovered that children who are permitted to watch "R" rated movies are more likely to partake in underage drinking than children who were forbidden to watch the films. Researchers at Dartmouth Medical School conducted a study with over two thousand middle-schoolers and found that "among those whose parents let them watch R-rated movies 'all the time,' almost a quarter had tried a drink without their parents' knowledge. That compares with barely 3% who tried a drink among those who were 'never allowed' to watch R-movies." These results come from an article which was published on USAToday.com. The researchers also discovered that while parenting decisions definitely have an effect on a child's actions, the movies actually had a greater influence.