Teenage drinking and the attraction to alcohol
Introduction
Drinkaware and The Guardian have joined forces to discover the truth about alcohol and young people.
The roundtable debate discussed what kind of drinking culture we need for a healthy future
It can be hard to know how to tackle the issue of alcohol with your children, so we challenged parents, professionals and young people themselves to define what makes alcohol so appealing and ask what can be done to ensure the UK alcohol culture is a healthy one.
We surveyed 16 to 17 year olds, parents of 10 to 17 year olds, and professionals who work with children and young people.
We then held a roundtable debate to provide an opportunity for key thinkers from Government, industry, health, social marketing, and youth and parenting organisations to explore the outcomes of the survey and to discuss what kind of drinking culture we need for a healthy future.
The findings were fascinating to say the least. Issues of parental influence, the role of schools, media and peer influence and questions around finding a solution, all produced interesting and often unexpected results.
So what are teenager’s views on alcohol? Who do young people listen to? Whose responsibility is it to educate young people on the subject of alcohol?
For more on this timely and important investigation read the full write up of the investigation, Do parents leave it too late to talk to their children about alcohol?
View debate and discussion from the 'alcohol and young people' roundtable debate.
For more on the subject of alcohol and young people and our partnership with the Guardian, visit the Drinkaware pages on the Guardian website.
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