A survey conducted by the alcohol awareness charity found that out of 1,000 British parents, more than half (53 per cent) who provide their 16- and 17-year-olds with alcohol for a week-long summer holiday with friends will give them five or more bottles of spirits or wine.
One in five also said they buy their teenager alcohol to keep track of the amount they will drink. But Drinkaware is encouraging parents not to give their children alcohol to drink unsupervised over the summer, instead advising them to talk to their children about the risks associated with drinking to excess.
Parents are happy to give alcohol to their children, despite one in five parents being aware their child has been involved in an accident or had unprotected sex when drinking and 79 per cent know their child has been sick.
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