Family needs to provide correct guidance for the minors

“Parents’ awareness of the dangers and risks of minors’ drinking should be raised and popularized so that they can strengthen the education related to drinking.” said Ma Guansheng， Deputy Director of the Nutrition and Food Security Institute of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention appealed to society.

It’s known that the best window phase to prevent juvenile from drinking alcohol is when they are 13-23. It is the golden age for juveniles’ psychology to get mature. At the same time， an international research in the factors contributing to juveniles drinking shows that the neglect of parents towards juveniles will make the possibility of juveniles drinking 3.7 times larger than others； and the encouraging attitudes of parents will make it 5.2 times larger than others. To juveniles from the families in which both parents drink， the possibility of drinking is several times larger than other families.

“應提高家長對未成年人飲酒風險的認知程度，加強對子女飲酒行為的相關教育。”中國疾控中心營養與食品安全所副所長馬冠生曾向社會積極呼吁。

據介紹，引導未成年人遠離風險飲酒的最佳窗口期是13-23歲。而此時，正是青少年心理逐漸走向成熟的黃金期。與此同時，一項關于國際青少年飲酒行為影響因素的研究顯示，家長對于子女飲酒無所謂的態度，造成未成年人成為飲酒者的可能性是其他影響因素的3.7倍，而家長抱有鼓勵態度的，這一數字則為5.2倍。父母都飲酒的家庭，其子女成為飲酒者的可能性則會數倍于一般的家庭。

According to the international convention， after the session of establishing legislations on juveniles’ drinking， the laws normally would be carried out strictly. However， parents’ interventions have obviously key impact on juveniles’ drinking behaviors. When the reporter asked the interviewees whether they miss their “first sip” of alcohol， Zhang Ming answered， “The first ‘sip’ from my father only left ‘spicy’ for me and no others. If I didn’t take it so early， maybe a little later， it may leave me something more that is much more worth memorizing.”

從國際慣例來看，通常對未成年人飲酒在制定相應法律，規定合法飲酒年齡的環節后，會對青少年購買酒產品進行嚴格執法。但家長的參與明顯對未成年人的飲酒行為起著關鍵作用。當記者提及是否還會懷念自己接觸的“第一口”酒時，張明若有所思地這樣回答道，“父親的‘第一口’酒，留在我腦子中的真的只有辣。除了辣外，沒有別的多余味道。若沒有那么早的‘第一口’，或許我會再晚一點接觸酒，它留給我腦神經中的感覺應該還會有更醇香的味道吧。”