Att bjuda eller inte bjuda? En studie om hur ungdomar och föräldrar samtalar med varandra om alkohol

My study is about how parents talk to their children about alcohol. The purpose of my study was to study how young teenagers communicate with their parents about alcohol. I also wanted to find out if parents have any influence over their children's choice of drinking. I have chosen to look at these questions from the perspective that alcohol is a cultural phenomenon, that children is a part of a family system and that alcohol can be viewed as a part of the children's liberation from their parents. I used a qualitative research method and interviewed five young teenagers, who are students at upper secondary schools ("gymnasium" in Swedish) in Lund, they where all under 18 years old. The results of my study point to that the teenagers tend to talk to the parent who they think has the most liberal attitude towards alcohol. The study also shows that mixed messages are common when it comes to alcohol. For example, the parents do not approve that their children are drinking. Despite this, drinking may be seen as acceptable by the parents if the children only drink a little alcohol and don't get drunk