Half of under-age drinkers who admit to being drunk are given alcohol by parents 15th August 2007 Drunk teens are getting alcohol from their parents
Half of all under-age drinkers are supplied with the alcohol by their parents, Home Office research reveals.
And tens of thousands of feckless mothers and fathers are turning a blind eye while children as young as ten get "very drunk".
The findings from the authoritative Offending Crime and Justice Survey show that 56 per cent of the 5.4million ten-to-17-year-olds in England and Wales admitted drinking in the past year.
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