Panorama: spoilt rotten

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aye right. watch this space.

No, 13/ 14 isn't unusual to have tried a drink, but it would have been a rare occasion where I would have been somewhere I could have had access to it and not been too terrified of the wrath of my parents when I got home!

Oh. That really is not too different

Every older generation says the same about the younger generation.

First drink, or throwing up form alcohol for the first time? The later 19.

15 and it was cider or 20/20 in the park - but even i couldnt drink 4 bottles of wine (then or now)

i don't think mum was handing over a £10 with that in mind. I assume it is pocket money meant for other things.

It all felt a bit Jeremy vine

Agreed Aitch. Irony is that the parents wn't feel foolish though. Which leaves us free for guilt free judging

jezz vine or kyle? hard to tell, imo. not worthy of panorama, that was a piece of shit dailymailorama.

i was convinced i was pissed because i had drunk an entire bottle of ginger beer when i was 12.

im sorry but any generation should be appalled by a child of that age drinking like that.

and as for a 2 year old needing teeth removed... i just dont have the words

he he he
Put him off wine

viney, not enough DNA testing for it to be kyle

Right, off to watch Bunny Boilers and judge that lot now

Bunny boilers??? What channel?

These parents should be judged, after all they put themselves up for it by being on the program. And anyone who has a child like Leon should be made to answer to someone. Feeding a child to that size is cruel. I think they should do what she suggested and install cameras in her house to monitor exactly what he eats. As for the vodka boys mum- she is just irresponsible.

SAC, what channel. I'm liking my look in this wig

personally i think that some people's teeth are tougher than others, it's the luck of the draw, exacerbated by lollies etc.

it's crappy tv, but still shocking that people allow it to happen to their children.

I'm quite shocked by it all. And i watch a lot of crap tv so am not that easily shocked.

Lady you can't be serious? I didn't drink until I was 17 (first drink at all) and that was purely because I was petrified of my Mom finding out! For the record, she wasn't crazy or abusive- I was just well aware that her catching me drinking was well beyond her threshold of what I was allowed to do.

I clearly know this isn't the 'norm', most people try drinking younger- but surely if they got caught/were ill frm it they would have stopped? I don't believe for one second our parent generation- or the majority of our own would have sat with their Mom ans explained the why/when/ how of their alcohol consumption.

crazy siegfried and roy doc now on more four.

I don't think it is about snobbery at all. I just find it depressing. I do think that parents have a duty to find out about things and do the best for their children. I don't understand why it is the Government's duty to educate them in common sense.

in fact not even as glamoroous as s&r. snort.

I trained as a paeds nurse for a couple of years, it's normal for theatre lists to be chocka with little ones needing to have teeth taken out under a general anaesthetic, they did about 20-30 a day. Then there's the respiratory problems from the smoking. This isn't just a Liverpool problem, it's everywhere.

Oh sorry - it's on Livingit

I grew up on a council estate,with a mother who 'indulged' in drinks drugs and men not always in that order - we ate what she remembered to buy- never saw a dentist and certainly werent indulged in any way.

I have never smoked
had my first drink at 17
have never taken any non prescription drugs
rarely drink

yet my dc are healthy children with good teeth and a healthy lifestyle.

council estate doesnt = ignorance.

these people need a hefty kick up the arse.

Right I now see it as my duty to eat the remaining 4 easter eggs in my house for the sake of my children!