NEARLY one in three children – around 330,000 in total – under the age of 16 in Scotland lives with a binge-drinking parent, according to alcohol campaigners.
CONCERN: Many of the children survey said they had been embarrassed by a drunk adult with family events also marred by drunkenness. Picture: Kirsty Anderson
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The figures coincide with the launch of a new campaign by Alcohol Focus Scotland (AFS) and the charity Children 1st to raise awareness of the impact adult drinking has on children.
A major conference today in Edinburgh will hear 30% of Scottish children live with at least one binge-drinking parent, and that problems caused by even relatively moderate levels of drinking are not being taken seriously enough.
