Unreasonable consumption of alcoholic beverages by women enormously increases the risk of the same bad habit in their children, says a new study by British scientists. Teens whose mothers abuse booze are twice as likely to experience alcohol-related problems in adulthood, experts say.
To prove these conclusions, they cite the results of their work, during which 17,000 people aged about 30 years were examined. Specialists asked them how often their mothers drank when they were teenagers. The study participants were asked to answer the question by choosing one of the following options: "always", "often", "sometimes" or "never."
In addition, specialists asked people what feelings most accurately characterize the methods of upbringing applied to them by their mother (love, understanding, hardness, or indifference), and whether they themselves have problems with alcohol.
The final analysis of the answers showed that those participants who answered the first question by choosing the categories “always” or “often” had a tendency to alcoholism on average 1.7 times more than the group that used the categories “never” or “ sometimes". In addition, scientists have found a connection between alcohol consumption and cruel educational measures.
Leading author of the study, Jonathan Birdwell, discussing the results, said: “Many people think that drinking will not affect their family in any way, and believe that if children go to school, eat well, get pocket money and wear clean clothes, then the most important their parental responsibilities are fulfilled, however, as the study shows, this opinion is erroneous. When drinking alcohol, parents themselves reduce their authority in the eyes of the child, potentially becoming less effective pupils, which is why the child goes out from under s control. "
