The Truth About High School Hazing

One common element in many hazing horror stories is a confined, lightly supervised space like the ones below. These settings create circumstances where kids are more prone to get caught up in the groupthink that leads to trouble.

• Locker rooms
• Buses to out-of-school events
• Any off-site or overnight gathering
  
  

For more tips on talking to your kids about hazing, check out these Web sites:

• Stophazing.org
• Hazingprevention.org
• Insidehazing.com
  
  

Originally published in the April 1, 2010, issue of Family Circle magazine.