Recent brain research has provided solid evidence that the developing teen brain and alcohol don’t mix. The younger that kids start drinking the greater the likelihood they are to be addicted to alcohol.
Michael Grose is the current Body & Soul parenting columnist reaching 6 million Australians every Sunday. Michael is the author of 7 parenting books, including the best-selling Why First Borns Rule the World and Last Borns Want to Change it. Michael is married with three adult children who have all successfully flown the parent nest.