Telegraph – A three-year-old has become the youngest child in Britain to be treated for alcoholism, it emerged today. The child has been treated in hospital after being given alcohol regularly for six months. Nicolay Sorensen, a spokesman for Alcohol Concern, said: “To be diagnosed alcoholic, it’s possible this child would have shown a physical dependency. They would have had to ingest enough to cause withdrawal symptoms. “Whatever the circumstances, it is a truly horrifying case and raises very serious child protection issues.” Sarah Matthews, spokeswoman for the British Liver Trust, said: “This is an extreme case and definitely one of the youngest cases of alcoholism we have heard of. “However, it does raise the issue of the accessibility of alcohol and how normal it has become. The power of cheap alcohol, availability and promotion makes it very difficult for people to consider their health when making decisions about if they drink and how much.”
Now here are some parents that get "it". They know that kids that start drinking later than other kids, end up being the ones who fuck up the most. These are the ones who get sloppy, get arrested, get pregnant, get thrown off a blacony; all because they can't handle their liqour.
So these parents did a preemptive strike on this shit. I really don't see the problem here other than not getting the kid high too.
