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Kids and alcohol don’t mix By Christie B
Society and cultural patterns of behaviour are making things certain behaviours acceptable at an earlier age. But how young is too young and where do we draw the line and say we need to do something to protect our children.
 Recently I was looking at some statistics regarding children and alcohol. Yes, I can’t even get my head around the fact that you could even use those two words in one sentence. I discovered 12% of children (ie people under 16) who are treated for alcohol abuse are 9-12 years old. As the mother of a nine year old I can not even begin to think how this would happen.
Then I started talking to a few of my friends and one of them told me a story about how her father used to take her and a few friends out and buy them all sorts of cocktails etc because he wanted to be a “cool” dad. She went on to be a binge drinker.
So much for the idea if you make it forbidden children will not want it more …rubbish. Children are children and they need to be protected, not initiated! I am not a medical practitioner but I can only begin to imagine what alcohol can do to a small body.
How do you know by giving your child a small amount of alcohol that you are not leading them on a path to drunkenness? How do you know if they may have an addictive personality and therefore not capable of controlling their drinking in later years?
Please consider how you deal with this in your household as our alcohol related crimes are growing at an alarming rate.
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