How Can Parents stop Underage Drinking?
Parents play the most vital role in stopping underage drinking. The recent trend of social drinking has started among school and college kids too. Parents are starting to view it as a rite of passage or a passing phase and thus, don’t try to stop them. This is a wrong attitude and you should definitely not tolerate drink/ drugs use in your child. Underage drinking should not be viewed as a part of growing up. Some parents even permit their kids to drink at home as they feel this is much safer than getting drunk at some unsafe place. But, if you give your kid alcohol and permit them to drink at home, then you are sending out wrong signals. You need to put your foot down and oppose underage drinking. Are Parents liable for Underage Drinking? Any adult (or adults, including parents!) who supply alcohol to any person who is below the age of 21 will be liable if the under-aged person is killed /injured or kills/ injures. Apart from that, parents can be held liable if underage drinking occur
