90% UK children given alcohol at home

[Captain03]

90% UK children given alcohol at home - GEO.tv
LONDON: The UK will announce guidelines against teenage drinking advising parents not to give their chldren alcohol if they are under the age of 15.

A recent survey conducted by a TV channel has revealed that three quarters of parents are happy to allow their children to drink at home and almost 90% have been given a drink under the age of 18.

It raises the question whether parents should follow the example of France and other Mediterranean countries where a glass of wine at dinner is seen as a good introduction to for young teenagers.

The research provided by the government in the UK suggests that many children have been exposed to alcohol from the age of seven but the majority of parents dont talk to their children about alcohol until they are well into their teens.

 

[Jihad]

Gotta love the western culture, to some extent, it is not right for the youth, especially when there is no control by parents.
This is actually sad to be honest.

 

[Shiny Capstar]

When I was a teenager when I went out I would drink, we didn't drink too excessively, not as much as in later life anyway

Its normal over here and many people go off drinking too much due to 'bad experiences' when they were a teenager anyway. After a short time you cut back as you learn your lessons.

 

[S-2]

"After a short time you cut back as you learn your lessons."

Yeah, it makes you stupid and hurts like hell the next day.

I've kept a bottle of bourbon since July and it's only down a third. Sometimes now just smelling it is all I need.

Good thoughts and bad pass in a moment's notice and the cap goes back on. Now I wonder if I'll ever finish it and don't care one way or the other.

 

[suresh_]

Yeah, it makes you stupid and hurts like hell the next day.

I've kept a bottle of bourbon since July and it's only down a third. Sometimes now just smelling it is all I need.

Good thoughts and bad pass in a moment's notice and the cap goes back on. Now I wonder if I'll ever finish it and don't care one way or the other.

ha ha....
do you invent these phrases or its just natural.
your quotations are quite quotable.cool

 

[jeypore]

"After a short time you cut back as you learn your lessons."

Yeah, it makes you stupid and hurts like hell the next day.

I've kept a bottle of bourbon since July and it's only down a third. Sometimes now just smelling it is all I need.

Good thoughts and bad pass in a moment's notice and the cap goes back on. Now I wonder if I'll ever finish it and don't care one way or the other.

It must have bitten you badly!!!

For me Woodford reserve is heavinly everyday, of course in moderation.

 

[Cheetah786]

90% UK children given alcohol at home - GEO.tv
LONDON: The UK will announce guidelines against teenage drinking advising parents not to give their chldren alcohol if they are under the age of 15.

A recent survey conducted by a TV channel has revealed that three quarters of parents are happy to allow their children to drink at home and almost 90% have been given a drink under the age of 18.

It raises the question whether parents should follow the example of France and other Mediterranean countries where a glass of wine at dinner is seen as a good introduction to for young teenagers.

The research provided by the government in the UK suggests that many children have been exposed to alcohol from the age of seven but the majority of parents dont talk to their children about alcohol until they are well into their teens.

I could be wrong but i think the idea behind it is they are going to try it any way might as well do it when adults are present so they dont make a bigger mistake and do some thing stupid.

 

[paritosh]

i have heard that there is no drinking age concept in the UK...is that right?

 

[DarkStar]

the problem is not drinking, but Anglo-Saxon style drinking. The binge drink culture, where the only aim is to get plastered at the end of the night.

Continental drinking is a couple of glasses of wine with a nice home cooked dinner, or a couple of cold beers on a Sunday. But the drink to get drunk culture is causing havoc in the UK's cities, leading to violence, intimidation and often death. The worst thing is this has seeped into young girl's behaviours too, with the new generation of ladettes that we see nowadays.

 

[ju87]

Its normal over here and many people go off drinking too much due to 'bad experiences' when they were a teenager anyway.

I just had my first bad experience and I'm not a teenager anymore

Needless to say, no more brandy. Sticking to good ol' rum.

But DarkStar is right - it's not the drinking itself, it's binge drinking that's bad. From what I know, most Europeans give their kids alcohol and yet the worst effects are seen only in UK.