Coronation Street

[anotheoldgit]

Little Simon Barlow in Coronation Street is going to hit the bottle.

http://uk.tv.yahoo.co...iew--11-15-june-.html

In this day of Under-Age Drinking and Drink Awareness, is this type of story-line acceptable?

Or on 'another-hand' will it discourage the young from drinking?

[cathfromsaron]

grrr ... i may not watch that plot line!

where will he get it from for a start?

[baza]

the dads fancy woman hides a bottle

[chaptazbru]

Carla has hidden it in a cupboard and Si finds it.

[mike11111]

Having had to suffer watching the precocious little brat I would rather that the bottle hit him!

[lozzer50]

very rarely watch corrie anymore cant stand the storylines especially when terry came back, that man cannot act to save his life. i only watch if ive nothing better to do.

[hc4361]

Terry's out of it now.

[Sqad]

AOG

\\\Or on 'another-hand' will it discourage the young from drinking?\\\

Basing my statement on personal experience and previous AB threads on this very same subject, it would appear to me that there is a total denial of an alcohol problem in the young in the UK.

I get the impression that the problem and the depth of the problem is perceived to have been ALWAYS present and until one accept the gravity of the situation then trend in Coronation Street is not going to make the slightest difference........in my opinion.

[anotheoldgit]

/// I get the impression that the problem and the depth of the problem is perceived to have been ALWAYS present ///

Agree with you sqad, in all my life time I can never remember the young having such a problem with alcohol as they have today.

Is it because of the cheap booze, the supermarkets, the corner shops, the lack of policing, children allowed in pubs, TV exposure, or their parents life styles?

[chaptazbru]

All of those probably AOG ...

[lankeela]

We always had the odd bottle in the sideboard and parents often took me to the pub or social club where dad drank pints of brown and mild and mum had the occasional port and lemon but it didn't turn me into an alcoholic child. Even as a teenager apart from my first office party where I got drunk on vodka (never touched it since) I never felt the need to turn to the bottle.

[andy-hughes]

AOG - I no longer watch any soaps, so this thought may no longer apply -

previously, any moral issue dealt with in soaps was handled over a period of time in which a degree of morality exerted itself - wrong-doers usually came tro justice, socail issues were usually resolved in a 'real-life' manner as opposed to fantasy for dramatic effect.

I do hope this still applies, but i am not sure if such an approach has been sacrificed along with any semblance of normality.

[craft1948]

If I was Simon's mother I'd drink.................

[mazie]

You drink anyway craft!

[emmie]

don't think it's irresponsible to show it, but i reckon, though i could be wrong, it's rare for such a young child to drink, or be drunk. How old is he in the real life, 9, 10? perhaps younger.

[craft1948]

Look mazie, you're weakening my case here............

[emmie]

he was born in November 2001, so he is not very old, how many kids would be drunk, drinking at that age?

[mazie]

Sorry to say it craft but everyone knows you're a Lush for the G&T's x

[cupid04]

Simon is fed up and he is desperately trying to get his dad's attention. He
would rather be with Leanne? Don't blame him do you? If this was real life
though would Leanne [who is not related] win residency?