Under Eighteens Disco
Through many cities in Scotland people are starting to think whether or not under 18s discos are a good idea. There have been many issues that these clubs and the parents of the teenagers have to address.
One argument is many parents feel their young daughters could feel pressured into underage sex, many young people fall pregnant and are left with babies, which affect their education etc. According to the latest statistics under age pregnancies are up by 11%, increasing from 8.5% per thousand to 9.4% per thousand. I know of a girl who did infact fall pregnant at one of these discos. She is now a mother to a 7-month baby at the age of 15.
Also many people are concerned over under age drinking, this infact was a key factor to a nightclub being shut down recently, ‘Studio 24’ in Edinburgh was closed because of these teenagers turning up at the venue drunk, a newspaper article says that some teenagers were so drunk that they had to be taken home to parents by the police. Another key factor is that under age drinking increased according to a study. The study found that 21% of teenagers had consumed alcohol in the last week that’s a rise of 2% from the study last year. Many teenagers give into peer pressure now to keep in with the crowd and to be cool. With all these pressures it seems unwise to put teens together. Thus teen discos can be a dangerous place for them to be.