underage drinking

We all have done it had a drink when we shouldn’t have. But why is it coming more of a problem to us now the amount of children drinking and drinking from an earlier age. It may come has a shock to some people but alcohol is the biggest problem we have with teens not drugs. Although alcohol can been seen as a drug.

In research the inside out did from the BBC found out that their children as young as 7 drinking regular. Why is this? It could be from the amount of TV programs that show drinking as a good, they may start due to peer pressure, thinking it makes them look good to have a drink in their hand. Have a read.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/east/series2/teenage_drinking_alcohol_abuse.shtml

Some teens have a drink with their parents in the house and we all have done this to but were does that one drink lead to another one in most cases it does. The saying goes one more wont hurt but is does when its leads to children going out on to street drinking in bus stops or parks.

We should really be doing more to stop this. How can underage people get a drink in the first place. Even though a lot is being done to stop this, for example the age going up you have to look to buy a drink but this doesn’t stop them from getting someone else to get their drinks for them, and those people are the ones making it easier for people to start drinking earlier and also making it ok for them do to it when its not. We should all be trying to stop this from happening its ok for you to go a have a drink but its not if you going out getting them for children who should even be having one.