Without realizing it, adults are selling alcohol to young children by glamorizing its use.

That was the message sent loud and clear to parents of Dover-Sherborn students in kindergarten through eighth grade last Tuesday evening in the Mudge Auditorium.

Renee Soulis from Freedom from Chemical Dependency was the featured speaker. The presentation was a joint effort of the Substance Abuse Roundtable at the Dover-Sherborn High School and ReachOut, a community based human services organization.

Soulis began by saying that by the time children reach high school, many parents feel it is too late to change their children's attitudes about underage drinking. She stressed education about alcohol should begin in elementary school. "Early is a good thing," Soulis said.

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