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Undearage Drinking
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6596515.stm
Basically Alcohol Concern is calling for it to be made illegal for parents to give children under the age of 15 any form of alcohol whatsovever.
To be honest I think its pants and if i ever have children I will be openly defying it as I think it creats even more unhealthy attitudes towards drinking.
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Basically Alcohol Concern is calling for it to be made illegal for parents to give children under the age of 15 any form of alcohol whatsovever.
To be honest I think its pants and if i ever have children I will be openly defying it as I think it creats even more unhealthy attitudes towards drinking.
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Agreed. :yes:
We only have to look at other European countries like France, Germany, Italy e.t.c where children are allowed small quantities of alcohol with their meals from a very early age and are then allowed to buy alcohol at 16 (I think that's right?). All of those countries have much lower problems with Alcohol than the UK. They have less alcohol related deaths, less alcoholism and less fights and drink driving e.t.c.
Though i was quite shocked to see just how much alcohol the average 11-13 year old boy drinks. (12 units a week apparently)
When I was that age - it was still maybe a watered down glass on a sunday or a sneeky bucksfizz on a special occasion - type thing - plus the very occasional sneeky martini/sherry/archers - stolen from someones paretnts drinks cabinet at a sleep over and that was only once a term!
As for this ban, it really wouldnt have any effect, a ban on all alcohol advertising would be a much better way forward.
Letting kids have a some at home helps to encourage a healthy attitude, it also makes kids less likely to hide it from their parents when they do drink.
No one should be getting kids intoxicated at home, but I'm fairly sure that's not allowed already so there's no need for this silly rule. Banning advertising aimed at young people etc is fine.
I've never heard of the organisation before today, but maybe they are trying to raise their profile.
Or maybe its just me..........
If it was legal for these people to climb in through your window and back-seat parent, they would. As is isn't, they're trying to get the government to do it for them.
Yeah, the so-called responsible amount wouldn't even get someone drunk, and to many kids out there, what's the point in drinking if you're not going to get drunk...so they think fuck this, let's go and get proper mashed up and drink three times as much as what we're supposed to.
They should at least advertise an amount that gets kids slightly drunk because c'mon that's the whole point in drinking at parties. At least the kids know that they'll get drunk on the responsible amount and when they reach that stage, they won't see any point to carry on and get paraletic. Because let's face it, no one enjoys blacking out and choking on their own vomit.
Children are allowed in bars as well (though they won't be served drinks) and that hasn't done any harm either.
Some people need to understand that it is part of human nature to desire something more if it is denied to them or made taboo.
Stopping kids drinking when there young won't make the slighest bit of difference to alchol related crime. But neither will allowing them to drink.
Violence is much more deep in the British pysche than just a few beers and a pub fight.
When you do get alcohol related trouble in Spanish and Greek resorts...guess who's usually to blame? Good old British tourists.
Thats exactly it. There more you make something taboo (ie drinking underage) then the more rebellious kids think they are to drink.
We need to look to the French and Spanish for inspiration. In these countries children grow up having alcohol with their meal etc, and therefore in their teenage years don't see it as rebellious. Here in the UK we clamp down hard on our kids drinking at an early age- yet we have one of the worst problems for teenage drinkers. Go figure...
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TBH, I think if parents teach their children about alcohol and drink sensibly in front of them, then they probably won't drink too much.
And the alcoholism problem is actually much improved. In the 18th century, ONE THIRD OF LONDON's POPULATION was at any one time PARALYTICALLY DRUNK. Yep, so its definitely not so bad now. Mothers used to feed babies gin to make them fall asleep. Not sure thats so common now. Gin was so cheap, and safer than water, so people drank it instead. And we wonder why westeners have a high tolerance. Even rich folks would have an alcoholic beverage breakfast, lunch and dinner. Im surprised anyone ever got anything done.
Anyway, my point is, to stop underage drinkers, I think we would need to change everyones attitudes. When kids see people falling out of nightclubs every weekend, they think its the done thing. No wonder we have problems.
I'm off to go get-awsome!:cool:
The problems we have though with kids drinking on the street are enormous. Friday night and 90% of our jobs will be alcohol-youth related, and Saturday morning, if it's been a particularly bad night the resulting criminal damage e.t.c. is all too visible.
Prohibition always works.
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