The call follows research highlighting the impact parents’ drinking habits can have on children.
The study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation found that teenagers who had seen their parents drunk are twice as likely to get drunk repeatedly themselves compared to those who had never seen their parents drunk.
Researchers also found that parental supervision played an important role – the odds of children drinking are greater if their parents don’t know where they are on a Saturday night or if they are allowed to watch 18-rated films without supervision.
Drinkaware said that despite pressures resulting from reduced budgets, efforts to help young people develop a healthy relationship with alcohol must not be abandoned.
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