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'I'd rather you drink here': Now we know if letting teens drink at home is the safest strategy

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A new study out of the University of Buffalo found that when parents allow their kids to drink alcohol, they run a greater risk of them having a drinking problem in the future.

The study conducted by Bernard Pereda , a Doctoral Student in Psychology , and his team examined questionnaires filled out between 2008 and 2019 by 387 adolescents starting at age 11 and their parents.

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