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Parents blamed for alcohol problem
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December 18, 2009, Friday
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ENGLAND'S top doctor has blamed the behavior of some parents for contributing to what he called the country's serious alcohol problem.
Drinking heavily in front of children sets a bad example and letting them taste alcohol in the form of watered-down wine is misguided, according to Chief Medical Officer Liam Donaldson.
"Across England, half a million children between the ages of 11 and 15 years will have been drunk in the past four weeks," he said. "Drinking, particularly at a young age, a lack of parental supervision, exposing children to drink-fueled events and failing to engage with them as they grow up are the root causes from which our country's serious alcohol problem has developed."
Donaldson said the earlier young people got a taste for alcohol, the more likely they were to develop problems. And he criticized as a "middle-class obsession" giving watered-down wine to children in the belief it would turn them into sensible drinkers.
Drinking heavily in front of children sets a bad example and letting them taste alcohol in the form of watered-down wine is misguided, according to Chief Medical Officer Liam Donaldson.
"Across England, half a million children between the ages of 11 and 15 years will have been drunk in the past four weeks," he said. "Drinking, particularly at a young age, a lack of parental supervision, exposing children to drink-fueled events and failing to engage with them as they grow up are the root causes from which our country's serious alcohol problem has developed."
Donaldson said the earlier young people got a taste for alcohol, the more likely they were to develop problems. And he criticized as a "middle-class obsession" giving watered-down wine to children in the belief it would turn them into sensible drinkers.
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