Parents need to teach their children about the dangers of alcohol

Rather than turning a blind eye, parents need to give a clear message about the dangers of underage drinking, a child and adolescent psychiatrist tells Helen O’Callaghan.

PARENTS need to give teens a clear, unambiguous message that they disapprove of underage drinking.

So says consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr Bobby Smyth, who sits on the board of Alcohol Action Ireland.