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Summer between high school graduation and college is a critical time for preventing risky behaviors – here’s how parents can play a key role

Summer between high school graduation and college is a critical time for preventing risky behaviors – here’s how parents can play a key role

Early summer is a valuable time for parents and young people to prepare for the transition to college in the fall. As first-year college students arrive on campus every fall, a predictable pattern unfolds. Rates of heavy drinking spike, social pressures intensify, and the risk of sexual assault, injury
Beverly Kingston, University of Colorado Boulder, Clara Hill, Washington State University 09 Jun 2026

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