The involvement of parents is necessary to fight against alcohol
The consumption of alcohol in minors it is one of the biggest problems in today's society. These substances are very harmful for the development of young people and unfortunately the beginning in the consumption of them starts every time at younger ages. A situation that has awakened an alarm today and that has prompted several campaigns to curb this context.
However, since The Family Watch The need for parental involvement in this struggle is remembered. And so he has stated in his report "Consumption of alcohol in children and its implications in the Family." A work that has the endorsement of the Spanish Association of Child and Adolescent Psychology "and where the role of household members in the fight against alcohol.
Figures that worry
This study offers data that show how serious alcohol consumption is in minors and the situation in which we find ourselves. According to this report, 50% of young people begin in the consumption of alcohol before the age of 15 and a 25% It does so before 13. In fact, 10% of these generations already suffer from disorders related to these drinks.
It is also worrisome that the beginning of alcohol consumption in these ages becomes a risk factor in the future. Those who start drinking before the age of 14 multiply by four the possibilities of being dependent on these substances compared to those who start drinking it at 20. At the same time, the great danger involved in the intake of these products is remembered. of the 12 years given the vulnerability of the brain to the toxic effect of these articles.
This report sets out the effects It has alcohol consumption in young people, ranging from alterations in their brain: cognitive deficits and neuronal alternations. Other negative consequences are the increase in the likelihood of suffering traffic accidents or the increase of suffering from depression and other disorders that make the child live in a constant state of sadness.
Create family awareness
During the presentation of this report, the debate on the permissiveness of the family and the need to involve more parents in this fight against alcohol. Those responsible for this work recalled the importance of the home as a preventive factor since this is the learning axis of children in their first years of life.
Parents should present an exemplary attitude towards children as regards consumption of alcohol is concerned and maintain some healthy habits. It is also important that at adolescence stage there is not such a permissive attitude. Many parents give in at this point thinking that if they do not allow their children to attend these events, they will be left without friends and alone.
The need to involve all entities related to the education of young people was also put on the table. This was highlighted María José Olesti, general director of The Family Watch: once again the coordination between family and school is fundamental in the education of minors. The worrying figures of increase in the consumption of alcohol in children, which were already reflected in the Family Barometer The Family Watch, in which 8 out of 10 Spaniards said so; they make it necessary for the entire society to walk in the same direction to eradicate figures that require greater knowledge and awareness of the damage, in many cases irreversible, of alcohol consumption, at increasingly younger ages. "
On the other hand, the psychologist María Martin Vivar He highlighted the influence of other risk factors that may influence the early onset of alcohol consumption. "Not only the family environment or the school environment influence the early start of alcohol consumption, it is the set of different risk factors and protectors, which includes individuals, family members, schoolchildren and society in general. that predispose or prevent for the beginning of alcohol consumption at an early age ".
Damián Montero
