[Margaret Pilkington]

I agree that it is up to parents to decide when, and if, to introduce their children to alcohol.
My grandad used to give me a taste of the froth off his beer when I was very young......it hasn't turned me into a drinker.
And how this governemnt can feign concern when it was they who liberalised the laws on Drinking.
Parents in France allow their children to have watered wine with meals, it doesn't appear to cause problems with their development, or for that matter make them irresponsible in their drinking habits in later life.
I am fed up with the nanny state interfering and implying that all parents are lacking in common sense.