Relaxed Attitudes Toward Alcohol And Youth May Increase Risk Of Binge Drinking In College

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 22:28 in Health & Medicine

Restaurants in Germany legally sell alcohol to teenagers after their sixteenth birthdays and French children drink wine with dinner at an early age, but US parents who follow this relaxed European example, believing it fosters a healthier attitude toward alcohol, should be careful -- it may increase the likelihood that their children binge drink in college.

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