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    Parents, Think Before You Drink This Holiday

    by WebMD December 17, 2018
           

             HealthDay Reporter        

    MONDAY, Dec. 17, 2018 (HealthDay News) — One in 4 American parents who drink over the holidays don’t think about whether they’ll be able to take care of their children the day after, a new survey shows.

    “Most parents planning to drink alcoholic beverages on a night out arrange for a designated driver and child care for the event itself,” said survey co-director Sarah Clark. “Fewer parents may consider how their alcohol consumption could impact parenting responsibilities to their young children the next day.”

    The survey, from C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health at the University of Michigan, included nearly 1,200 parents of children aged 9 and younger nationwide. Researchers found that most parents said they had alcohol during special events, either often (27 percent), sometimes (36 percent) or rarely (17 percent).

    Of those parents, 73 percent said they were very likely to make plans in advance for someone to watch their child during the event, and 68 percent were very likely to plan for safe transportation.

    However, only 47 percent said they were very likely to think in advance about how much they’d drink, and only 64 percent said they were very likely to make plans for someone to take care of their child the day after a night of drinking.

    Nearly one-third of parents said they’re aware of another parent who may have put a child in an unsafe situation due to drinking alcohol at a special event. The respondents said: the other parent was too drunk or hung over to supervise their child (61 percent) or to handle a possible emergency (48 percent), drove with a child while impaired (37 percent), got violent or out of control in front of the child (28 percent), or injured the child (7 percent).

    Eight percent of parents admitted to a situation where they’d been too drunk to properly care for their children.

    Clark noted that the “amount of alcohol consumed can affect parenting the next day. A parent passed out on the couch will not be effective in recognizing and reacting to the everyday safety risks that occur with children.”

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    One surprising finding was that parents who said they rarely drink were less likely to make advance plans for child care and transportation the night of the special event and child care the following day than parents who said they drink sometimes or often.

    “Parents who plan to drink alcoholic beverages during an outing should plan ahead for transportation to ensure they arrive home safely,” Clark said in a university news release.

    “If alcohol use may potentially impact their ability to take care of their children the following day, parents may also consider child care arrangements,” she added.

    “Having children stay the night at a relative’s home or asking a grandparent to stay overnight are options to ensure young children are in a safe and supervised environment,” Clark suggested.

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