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Alcohol socialization in Italy and Finland differ greatly. In Italy, children often do not remember a single moment of being introduced to alcohol because alcohol (wine) was always present during meals and family time (Rolando et al. 2012). Alcohol was given to children as young as seven to introduce them and initiate them into family time. The alcohol initiation often came from small sips or watered down wine during dinner or rituals. Children grew up around wine and by the time they had their first full drink they did not feel it was anything extra special or out of the ordinary. Experiences associated with alcohol were usually fond memories with family and loved ones. This normalcy of alcohol allowed teens to drink in relative moderation and have less episodes of excess drinking or alcohol abuse.
Meanwhile, in Finland children often did not grow up around alcohol and their first memories are often of them drinking outside their home with friends and often coincide with drunkenness during their late teens or early adulthood (Rolando et al. 2012). The memories associated with alcohol range more from fond memories with friends to fear or anxiety. Children were taught that becoming drunk was negative and most Finnish children did not have their first drinks around their family or under any guidance. They also were more likely than the Italian children to go for spirits vs wine or beer. Due to alcohol being more of a commodity it drove them to seek the thrill of drinking. Finnish had higher rates of binge drinking and alcohol abuse than Italians and this was attributed to the slow introduction and positive associations with wine that Italians had with their families. Need Assignment Help?