The process by which a parent comes to love and accept a. child and a child comes to love and accept a parent is re-. ferred to as attachment. Using the terms attachment and bond-. ing, Klaus and Kennell (1997) proposed that the period. shortly after birth is important to mother-to-infant attach-. ment.
At this age, a person can be allowed to purchase and consume alcohol. Of course, this age varies depending on the country. For instance, a person aged 16 or 17 years old is considered to be of legal drinking age in Europe whereas in India, you have to be 25 years old. Canadaâs Legal Drinking Age. For most of the country, a person can buy and drink alcohol at the age of 18 years old. In cities like Alberta, Quebec and Manitoba, underage drinking is allowed for 17 year-old teens as long as it is done under the supervision of parents in their residence.
The minimum legal drinking age varies dramatically around the world. Most such laws apply only to drinking alcoholic beverages in public locations. The only country with a minimum legal age for consuming alcohol at home is the United Kingdom, which prohibits drinking below the age of six. The average (mean) minimum legal drinking age around the globe is 15.9. The majority of countries have set the drinking age at 18. In fifty countries the minimum age is lower than 18 and in 12 countries it is higher than 18.