Study shows that many mothers tend
to believe that by giving their young children sips of alcoholic beverages will
prevent them from having drinking problems later in life. Many tend to think that, by not letting their
ten or less year olds taste it, alcoholic drinks will be seen as a “forbidden
fruit”. Many mothers do it, in an
attempt to help their children. And
while it is nice for them to think about them and try to consider what is best,
they are more likely causing the opposite effect. By giving them small sips, they tend to crave
it more and more. Studies show that the
percentage of children drinking alcoholic drinks is higher for those who have
tasted the drink before. Also, children
who have tasted these forbidden drinks by age ten are more likely to start
drinking it on their own by age fourteen.
This article is a tad bit scary, but
well presented nonetheless. The author of this article, Alexandra Sifferlin,
did a good job putting it together. It
has statistics, polls, and also quotes from a North Carolinian doctor who has
done research on the issue.
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