With December being celebrated as ‘National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month’, the findings of a new research carried by SADD and Liberty Mutual Insurance have highlighted the disquieting results of the growing trend which has adults supporting underage drinking.

Drawing attention to the increasing evidence which shows that adults permit teen drinking at home, the research revealed that nearly one-third of the teenagers confessed to having consumed alcohol with their parents; with approximately 25 percent of the teenagers having disclosed that they were allowed to consume alcohol when their parents were not around.

In addition, it was also found that almost one in eight teenagers are hosts parties in which alcohol is served; with a little over 40 percent of them also revealing that their parents did not object to their attending parties in which alcohol was available.

The research also showed that while 53 percent of the adults said that they supported underage drinking because, in their opinion, they hardly have any control in the matter.

The finding about adults support ting underage drinking are very disturbing especially in the wake of the statistics which show that the percentage of teenagers whose parents allow them to go to parties where alcohol is served has increased from 36 percent in 2009 to 41 percent in 2011. Moreover, while 21 percent of the teenagers in 2009 said that they were allowed to consume alcohol without their parents, the percentage has now increased to 25 percent!