Disturbing youth trend: Drinking to get drunk

25 September, 2007 in alcohol, parents

The Telegraph have invited Frank Furedi to write about young people’s drinking:

In Britain, children learn at an early age that drinking is not something you do at home and it is certainly not an experience to be shared with parents. As a result, drinking becomes risqué, binge drinking something to flaunt and brag about.

Sadly, all the fuss about under-age drinking and the stigmatisation of alcohol reinforces its appeal to British youth. It would be far better for parents to educate their children about alcohol and integrate drinking into normal family life.

I’m not sure whether it was the limitations of space, or something else, that made the professor write in such broad brushstrokes. 

If we look at the last survey of young people we find that most young people get their alcohol from their friends (26%) or families (23%), and drink either at home or at friends homes (61%). 

Whether those are in family situations it’s more difficult to tell, but as Professor Furedi says, it does seem as if drinking with parents