Shock figures show 11 to 13-year-olds drinking twice as much alcohol as five years ago (U.K.)

The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | August 31, 2007

[Stoat]

Very sad and unsettling....when I was 11,  the thought of drinking, much less getting drunk, never entered my mind.  I was too busy building treehouses and riding my bicycle.

The article naturally causes me to wonder if the trends are similar here in the USA.

[Stoat]

Sad Momlist ping :-(

[mvpel]

Say, how’s that prohibition thing working out, eh?

[Zeppelin]

Shock figures show 11 to 13-year-olds drinking twice as much alcohol as they did five years ago

So how much were these kids drinking when they were 6 to 8 years old? \sarc

[Sherman Logan]

Not surprising when you think about it.

Five years ago they were 6 to 8 years old. Hard to get the guy to take your fake ID when you can’t even see over the counter.

[mvpel]

STELLA!!! STELLAAAAAA!!!

[CholeraJoe]

With all of the underage drinking in Harry Potter, it's no wonder kids are drinking more.

[Tax-chick]

Four out of 10 pupils aged 11-15 have tried smoking at least once, and a majority of young smokers are illegally served in shops.

That sounds pretty much like my junior-high years, and my mother's, too.

[massgopguy]

My daughter, who is now sixteen, likes to tell me of the time that thinking it was apple juice, drank out of a cup of beer on the kitchen table during a Christmas party. Now when she sees me with a beer she just says; how can you drink that stuff. So far, so good.

[PeterPrinciple]

The official survey of tobacco, alcohol and drug use among 11-to 15-year-olds reveals the number of school-age drinkers is falling overall but a hard core is consuming more each year.

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How much can you really believe in a survey, especially to 11 to 15 year olds who want to brag?

[Tax-chick]

And they're celebrating Earth Day, too. The decline of civilization as we know it.

Seriously, the article say that fewer preteen are drinking - while a small group are real drunks. One suspect that those have alcoholic parents, if they have any parents about at all.

[Zeppelin]

just wait until she’s in college. about face!

(make ya nervous some?)

[tioga]

-you mean butterbeer was alchohol?

[ikka]

Why is it not considered Labour’s fault? If Thatcher were in power during such a thing that would be all people would talk about.

[weegee]

How much did they drink when they were 6-8 years old?

[Stoat]

How much can you really believe in a survey, especially to 11 to 15 year olds who want to brag?

So, the title should read: "Shock figures show 11 to 13 year olds bragging more than they did five years ago"?

:-)

 

[weegee]

HALF!

[CholeraJoe]

Yes, my dear. Don’t you remember Winky the elf getting plowed on it in “Goblet of Fire?”

[AppyPappy]

When I first saw that picture, my first thought was “She’s not drinking it”.