A 15-year-old doesn't have the same grasp of potential consequences." "At an older age, when someone does decide to drink, their brain is at a different place than when they were 15 or 16. "I have yet to hear a kid say, 'I was 25 years old when I took my first drink, because my parents didn't let me drink, and then I became an alcoholic,"' he said.
He said the notion that "if we do this at home, my child will be able to handle it better" is mistaken. "The studies show that the earlier someone has their first experience with drugs or alcohol or R-rated movies or sex, the earlier somebody does that, the more apt they are to have an addiction or a problem or consequences as a result of that behaviour," Lieberman said. John Lieberman, director of operations for Visions Adolescent Treatment Centers, in Malibu and Brentwood, Calif., is firmly opposed to the notion that introducing children to alcohol at home makes them less likely to abuse it later on. Nearly 45 per cent had at least one drink in the 30 days before the survey, and 26 per cent had five or more in a sitting during the same period. Seventy-five per cent of high-school students have tried alcohol at least once, according to the most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The other side argues that a ceremonial glass of Champagne at home with family encourages moderation and makes a forbidden activity less tantalizing.Įither way, statistics show that no matter what parents do at home, and despite the legal drinking age of 21, most U.S. One argument says no, it sends the wrong message that underage drinking is OK. NEW YORK - Should parents let their teenagers have Champagne at home on New Year's Eve?
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