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13- to 15-year-olds in Australia who shared drinks with their parents developed alcohol problems later on. Credit: Paul Ellis, Getty Images
This might be considered tough love in Australia, but researchers at the University of Washington say Australian parents aren't doing their kids any favors by raising a glass or two -- or three with them.
Researchers found 13- to 15-year-olds in Australia who shared drinks with their parents developed -- brace yourselves -- alcohol problems later on. Kids were less likely to turn into hopeless lushes if their parents denied them alcohol in their middle-school years.
Prof. Richard Catalano and his team of researchers looked at some 2,000 kids in Washington state and Victoria, Australia, over a three-year time frame, Seattle Weekly reports. More permissive Australian parents were compared with their more restrictive American counterparts.
Researchers concluded providing opportunities for drinking, even under parental supervision, didn't discourage alcohol abuse.
Such revelations, researchers said, "Lead us to suggest that policies should not encourage parents to drink with their children nor provide opportunities to supervise their use."
In other words, don't celebrate your child's middle school graduation by taking him out for a classic mother-son bender.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
4-29-2011 @ 7:38PM
Tina said...Umm okay i get middle schoolers but what about highschoolers? and isnt brittians and auzzies drinking age around 18?
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5-01-2011 @ 9:07AM
mrfullerj said...the study did not say how the parents drank. if the parents drink heavy the kids will to. but if the parent has a glass once in a blue moon so will the kids.
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5-01-2011 @ 1:22PM
isisreptiles said...I think that kids who grow up being allowed to have a small amount of alcohol on an occasional basis in a supervised setting are a lot less likely to start drinking heavily because we all know that whatever is "forbidden" is going to be a lot more appealing to a kid. I think the drinking behavior modeled by parents has an effect on it as well, a big effect. If parents model responsible use of alcohol, that's what the kids will learn.
I don't think the drinking age should be lowered or anything like that, but the whole idea of "not even a taste of alcohol until you're 21" is just stupid.
I'd be willing to bet that most of the binge-drinking college kids came from homes with that mindset.
That's the way I grew up. Alcohol was never this big, forbidden thing. I've never found drinking appealing and have never been more than a very light drinker.