I’m not suggesting that students don’t drink, or that I even have control of kids I am around, so I offer advice. They can take it or leave it. They don’t need to report back to me.
I think there are many kids that have no interest, and they are silently begging for support from an adult that says, “Despite the culture that promotes drinking and partying as a right of passage in college, not everyone participates. It is ok not to participate.”
I do set an example for them. I’ve never had a drink.