Health
Why letting your teen try booze at home is a bad idea – Warwick Daily News
Allowing teens to drink at home with parental supervision does not mean young people will adopt safer drinking habits, researchers say.
Parents should stop giving their kids and teens sips of alcohol because it increases, not reduces, the chance of problem drinking.
An Australian study has found that sipping alcohol with parental consent is associated with more risky drinking compared with those who aren’t allowed to drink at all.
This flies in the face of the popular belief that introducing children to small amounts of alcohol at home is beneficial in teaching them how to drink safely.
Researchers from the National Drug a…
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