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Navigating teenage drinking is a challenging time for many parents. She said she's not a big drinker and that her parents first allowed her small amounts of alcohol at family events about two years ago. " A brain expert says parents have "really good reasons" for wanting children to have the "least chance of developing major brain problems as a consequence of early exposure to excessive alcohol use". He said drinking alcohol can damage developing cabling systems in the brain involved in good decision making "that are really important to learning how to stop doing really stupid things". Professor Ian Hickie says the belief among many parents that early exposure to alcohol teaches responsible drinking is "basically nonsense".

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