Summary
The UK government advises parents that children under 15 should not drink any alcohol. Sir Liam Donaldson, the Government's chief medical officer, said the new advice was based on research which showed the serious damage drink could do to children's health. Sir Liam told GMTV the new advice was aimed at clearing up confusion among parents about the issue. The Government guidelines also advise that children aged 15 to 17 should not drink without the supervision of a parent or care. The Government said the guidance, which is open to consultation and could be changed, was not about it being a nanny state. It said it was wanted to 'empower' parents by giving them information to make good decisions concerning their children.
Personal Response
That explains why France, Spain and Italy, where children are introduced to alcohol at an early age and have a drink with their parents have so many problems with drunken teenagers and have more teenage pregnancies, and catch so many more sexually transmitted diseases than British teenagers? Or are the figures showing that we are in fact the country with the worst problems? This daily lecture over the evils of drink is getting boring now. We have one set of figures showing how better teenagers are in other countries, less pregnancies, less violence etc. One thing those countries have in common, introduction to alcohol from a young age, is supposed to cause the very things they have less problems with than ourselves.
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