<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Giving The Kid A&nbsp;Bottle]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Max Fisher <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/04/18/a-stereotype-busting-map-of-the-countries-where-children-are-most-likely-to-get-drunk/">points to</a> a study by UNICEF debunking some assumptions about which Europeans start drinking at a young age:</p>
<blockquote><p>Despite the strong wine cultures in Italy, France and Spain – or maybe because of them, given the degree to which it cultivates drinking “to enjoy,” as I’ve heard many French say – children in those countries are among the least likely to get drunk.</p>
<p>Kids appear to be much more likely to get drunk in former Soviet states, particularly the Baltic states and Finland, the latter of which might be a surprise given that its kids otherwise score among the highest well-being in the Western world. That may be a partial legacy of Soviet bloc drinking culture, which have <a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/02/daily_chart_global_alcohol_consumption">the highest alcohol consumption rates</a> in the world and tend to be plagued by alcoholism.</p></blockquote>
<p>The US ranks last in the surveyed countries.</p>
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