
		On the threshold of adulthood, teens experiment in the adult world. Among those experiments is alcohol. A Star Tribune series explores the issue of teen drinking and how Baby Boomers may be sending mixed messages to their kids.

Sunday May 9 1999
Surviving a rite of passage
Parents set the tone
As proms and graduations rev up the underage drinking season, a new poll suggests that it isn't easy for kids or parents to understand the rules.

Monday May 10 1999
Binge Break
Younger and wilder
Teens and parents find wild times in Mexico, where the legal drinking age is 18.

Tuesday May 11 1999
Booze bust
Party time ... till the cops showed up
When parents aren't prepared to deal with teens and alcohol.

Test your alcohol IQ

Our interactive quiz will test how much you know about alcohol

Here are other online exclusives for our teen drinking series:

Are parents being irresponsible?
Are parents who send their kids to Cancun doing them any favors? Are they introducing their teens to freedom or are they abdicating parental responsibility? Talk about the issues of teenage drinking with our three experts.

Photographs

The Minnesota Poll on teens, their parents and attitudes toward alcohol


	Sunday May 9 1999 Surviving a rite of passage	Parents set the tone As proms and graduations rev up the underage drinking season, a new poll suggests that it isn't easy for kids or parents to understand the rules.


	Monday May 10 1999 Binge Break	Younger and wilder Teens and parents find wild times in Mexico, where the legal drinking age is 18.

	Tuesday May 11 1999 Booze bust	Party time ... till the cops showed up When parents aren't prepared to deal with teens and alcohol.

		Test your alcohol IQ Our interactive quiz will test how much you know about alcohol Here are other online exclusives for our teen drinking series: Are parents being irresponsible? Are parents who send their kids to Cancun doing them any favors? Are they introducing their teens to freedom or are they abdicating parental responsibility? Talk about the issues of teenage drinking with our three experts. Photographs The Minnesota Poll on teens, their parents and attitudes toward alcohol