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Schools secretary Ed Balls believes that soaring rates of teenage binge drinking can be tackled if parental outlooks are adjusted.

According to Mr Balls, family members are supporting British teenagers' alcohol abuse by supplying them with "four-packs" of canned lager in order that they can go out and get drunk with their friends.

He was speaking following the publication last week of a survey conducted by Ofsted, which shows that one in five 10 to 15-year olds regularly gets drunk.

According to the minister, society needs to speak out against the practise of parents regularly giving their underage children alcohol as part of an effort to crack down on alcohol dependence.

"If parents give 15-16-year-olds a four-pack to go off and have a drink, I think that's the wrong thing to do. I'm not sure we have said that enough as a society," he said, the Guardian reports.

"Part of our problem with excessive drinking by teenagers is that a lot of the alcohol is bought by parents, family members and older friends."

Mr Balls said he thought it was a "sensible approach" to allow teenagers to drink from time to time at home, but believes that heavy drinking away from the home should be discouraged.

Article published on 20/11/2007 by DryOutNow.com

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