Parents who allow their teenage children to consume alcohol at home in a bid to foster responsible drinking may be contributing to substance abuse among young people, the Minister of State with responsibility for primary healthcare has said.
Róisín Shortall, Minister of State at the Department of Health, said she had noted an ambivalence among parents when it came to their children drinking at home. While she accepted that many who allowed the practice did so with the best intentions, she suggested they may be doing more harm than good.
“There is this relatively new idea that if young people are drinking at home then it is okay, because at least they are not out taking drugs. That needs to be challenged,” she said in an interview with The Irish Times.
Source: Conor Pope, Irish Times, 18/02/2012
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