Commentary on Rossow et al. (2016): Early days yet in the cycle from peer to parent drinking as influences on adolescent alcohol involvement.

Rossow et al. ’s systematic review highlights the fact that we know less than we thought about the role of parent drinking in the etiology of teen drinking. Further research is needed to clarify both the aspects of parent drinking that impact later drinking by adolescent offspring as well as the mediators and moderators of this relation.