British vs. Danish teenagers: en sammenligning

I’ve just read the article ‘’Teens, typical or terrible’’. It’s about teenagers that drinks and smoke and don’t even know how to cook. Most of the teenagers are very young, between 14-18 years old. I’ve read about their thoughts about drinking and smoking, also about those that have tried to use drugs.

Drinking: It shocked me when I read about the teenagers how young they are and how much they drink. I don’t know about other people in Denmark, but the first time I drank and was really drunk was when I was 16 years old. I think it’s a young age to start drinking, but at the same time I think it’s ok, because when they get older they have tried a lot when they were teenagers and maybe they won’t drink that much later.

Smoking: In the article I’ve read that most the teenagers smoke and many of them have tried to smoke cannabis. The smoking doesn’t shock me because I have a little brother who smokes and is only 15 years old. Almost every one of his friends smokes. I don’t think it’s a good thing, but in the end they don’t listen because they think it’s cool. So it’s best to let them learn from their mistakes like I did.