2 year old kid smoking in China

[Marilyn. 340]

Toddler taught to drink by dad lands in hospital

Last Updated(Beijing Time):2007-01-12 14:02

A four-year-old boy from central China's Hunan Province, who has been trained by his father to drink alcohol, lost consciousness for 10 hours after drinking 200 milliliters of the strong Chinese spirit baijiu, or white liquor.

Ming Ming's father found the boy unconscious at home on Monday night and took him to the provincial children's hospital.

"He was suffering from acute alcohol poisoning and did not wake up until nine o'clock the next morning," said hospital Director Liu Xiao.

It later emerged the child's father, 32-year-old Yuan Jianxin, had spent the last year training his son to be a "good drinker." Yuan even appeared to be boasting to the local press about his son's ability to handle alcohol as Ming Ming recovered in the hospital bed.

"My little son can drink two cups of beer or even sometimes one cup of spirit," Yuan, a construction worker in Beishan town, Changsha County, told the local newspaper.

Parents are legally responsible for ensuring their children do not drink alcohol, but Yuan has so far escaped punishment.

"I was training him to drink alcohol because people respect someone who has the ability to drink a lot. All my friends teach their children to drink alcohol. It is simply habit or tradition to teach a young boy to drink as people believe drinking is manly."

http://en.ce.cn/Life/health/200701/12/t200..._10070894.shtml

[Peikko 1,575]

No, stop, we're going to end up back with ####### envy again!

[panamania79 2]

Better to smoke than to be obese as so many American kids are.

It's true, most kids who smoke eventually quit but very few obese children loose the weight into adulthood.

[panamania79 2]

my mom would sometimes give us a sip of brandy when we had a sore throat...

but to let a child get drunk is so not right in my books...

[justashooter 430]

Toddler taught to drink by dad lands in hospital

Last Updated(Beijing Time):2007-01-12 14:02

A four-year-old boy from central China's Hunan Province, who has been trained by his father to drink alcohol, lost consciousness for 10 hours after drinking 200 milliliters of the strong Chinese spirit baijiu, or white liquor.

http://en.ce.cn/Life/health/200701/12/t200..._10070894.shtml

200 ml of baiju would make me sick.

not even a comparison, rather an extreme example of what is possible.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It does seem interesting, how some are so quick to condemn in the strongest terms, cultural practices which might unhealthy for children but I am bettin they have never done one thing to stop this health epidemic against children going on in our culture.

It also interesting how some completely 'misunderstand' key concepts in order to make silly ####### for tat arguments.

There's a problem with underage drinking in the UK, that doesn't make it a cultural tradition.

[Marilyn. 340]

Police: Girl, 3, Drunk From Hard Liquor

Posted on: Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 15:01 CDT

MINNEAPOLIS - A 14-year-old boy was arrested after his 3-year-old sister was found passed out drunk from hard liquor at a home, police said.

The girl was unconscious when she was taken to a hospital after her sister called police Monday night, police spokesman Lt. Greg Reinhardt said. "The child could have easily died," he said.

She was recovering and had been released to a children's home by Wednesday morning.

The girl's teenage brother was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of child endangerment, Reinhardt said. He said neglect or abuse appeared to have caused the girl's condition, rather than accidental alcohol poisoning.

Police would not release further details on the boy and any court proceedings because he is a juvenile.

The girl's blood alcohol level was 0.12 percent, authorities said. Minnesota law considers drivers drunk when their blood alcohol level is 0.08 percent.

About one ounce of 40-proof liquor would cause that blood-alcohol level in a 3-year-old child of average weight, about 28 pounds. Kirk Hughes of the Minnesota Poison Control System said one ounce would be about two mouthfuls for such a child.

Reinhardt said police don't know what kind of hard liquor the girl drank.

Reinhardt said the girl's mother was not home at the time.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/672765...quor/index.html

Toddler Gets Alcohol Poisoning From Drink

Posted on: Friday, 13 May 2005, 15:00 CDT

ALEXANDRIA, La. - A 16-month-old girl suffered moderate to severe alcohol poisoning after she consumed part of a mixed drink while an uncle was baby-sitting her, Rapides Parish sheriff's investigators said.

Hospital personnel told investigators Thursday the child would be OK, said Detective Stacy Bender.

Toddlers exposed to alcohol may suffer suppression of their internal systems, including respiratory functions, said Dr. Yasser Nakhlawi, chief of pediatrics at Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital and a professor at Tulane University Medical School. If a child consumes enough alcohol, it can cause death, he said.

"A child shouldn't be near alcohol," Nakhlawi said. "There are too many dangers involved."

The 16-month-old was nauseated and lethargic when brought Tuesday night to the Rapides Regional Medical Center's emergency room. The uncle was baby-sitting the child while her mother was at work, and another relative brought the child to the hospital after she became ill.

The child apparently consumed the alcoholic drink by accident, detectives said. How much time elapsed after she drank the alcohol before being taken to the hospital is unknown, detectives said.

The state Department of Social Services is investigating the incident.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1497...rink/index.html

Toddler taught to drink by dad lands in hospital

Last Updated(Beijing Time):2007-01-12 14:02

A four-year-old boy from central China's Hunan Province, who has been trained by his father to drink alcohol, lost consciousness for 10 hours after drinking 200 milliliters of the strong Chinese spirit baijiu, or white liquor.

http://en.ce.cn/Life/health/200701/12/t200..._10070894.shtml

200 ml of baiju would make me sick.

not even a comparison, rather an extreme example of what is possible.

did you even read any of the other stories I posted.. one child passed out after only drinking one mixed drink....

you don't know how a child's body is going to react to alcohol.. some might handle it ok some may not but why take that chance