http://www.generationnext.com.au/2010/06/teenager-set-alight-but-parents-still-believe-underage-drinking-is-ok/ Understanding the unique health and wellbeing challenges facing our young people and how they can be met. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:31:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.generationnext.com.au/2010/06/teenager-set-alight-but-parents-still-believe-underage-drinking-is-ok/#comment-104 Kevin Booth Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:13:50 +0000 http://www.generationnext.com.au/blog/?p=1429#comment-104 I remember my parents adopting what I have always believed to be a responsible stance when we were growing up. My parents weren't drinkers at all, but for our families sake introduced wine into a weekly meal. As we each became teenagers we were introduced into the ritual by being allowed shandies. As we came of age we were then allowed to enter fully into the experience of responsible drinking. My question is whether even a shandy in the right context as a teenager is overstepping the mark of responsible parenting on this issue? I remember my parents adopting what I have always believed to be a responsible stance when we were growing up. My parents weren’t drinkers at all, but for our families sake introduced wine into a weekly meal. As we each became teenagers we were introduced into the ritual by being allowed shandies. As we came of age we were then allowed to enter fully into the experience of responsible drinking. My question is whether even a shandy in the right context as a teenager is overstepping the mark of responsible parenting on this issue?

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