Teach children to "drink right" parents make of them alcoholics

Educational strategies of many parents who give their children alcohol to teenagers to teach them to "drink properly," radically wrong. Scientists have found that these children are significantly more likely to become alcoholics.

Teenage Alcoholism

Often you can see how the pope and mothers give their children a half a glass of champagne adolescence or slightly wine to "teach to alcohol." Adults argue that if children begin to consume alcohol under their control, that thereby they become abusing them. After all, children are often drawn to the forbidden fruit, and if ban on alcohol is removed, it will not be so attractive. In addition, parents They believe they can teach children " drink correctly "That is moderate.

Teenage Alcoholism

Experts British National Centre for the study of alcoholism and drug addiction was observed in 2 000 families for 4 years. It was found that in families in which the parents We are trying to teach children to moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages, It grew much stronger than the risk that the children are 16 years experienced the initial stage teen Alcoholism . Author of the study said that the results shocked scientists themselves.

It is proved that "teach to the Alcohol "does not work, and with the help of the parents do not achieve the goals, which put before crashing. And if young people aged 14-15 years is gradually habituated to alcohol, it is a major predictor teenage alcoholism . The study's authors urge parents to stop the practice.

The abuse of alcohol in adolescence leads to increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases, a variety of injuries, risk behavior, drug addiction, as well as high-grade alcohol. In teens, whose brains are not fully developed, and the containment zone, protecting from reckless actions, weakened developing alcoholism much more easily than in adults. (READ MORE)

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