Their risky behaviors—drinking too much alcohol, using illegal drugs, smoking cigarettes and skipping school—can alert parents and teachers that serious problems are brewing.

他们酗酒、吸毒、吸烟和逃学的危险行为可以提醒家长和老师，严重的问题正在发酵。

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I crossed my fingers at the thought of skipping school. "So how long is it?"

我交叉着我的手指，脑子里想着的都是离开学校的事情，“要多长时间呢？”

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Simply fasten the small tracker on your child's jacket or backpack, and whenever you want to you can tune in and check that your child is not skipping school, or something more sinister is happening.

使用时，只需要把这个小追踪器固定在孩子的外套或背包上即可，无论什么时候只要你想，你都可以查看孩子是否逃课，是否发生了什么不好的事情等。

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But the teenage sons linger on in their dire neighbourhood, drinking beer, skipping school, lusting after local girls.

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Recent government figures show more than 50, 000 youngsters a day are skipping school.

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Around this time, he started running away from home and skipping school.

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