Do you lock your liquor cabinets?

[Anonymous]

When DSS lived here: yes. With my now 15 year old: no. Doesn't mean I might not in the future, but I don't see the need to now.

It just depends on the kid. Also our house is small and random teen friends aren't hanging out in unsupervised areas where liquor is, so that's not a concern either.

[Anonymous]

We have a large bar and don’t lock anything up. Kid knows the rules.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ours is locked up, mostly to help my DD avoid any situation where friends want to drink it and then she's in the position of policing it. This way it's out of her control.

+1. This is the primary reason why we do it.

[Anonymous]

Not yet. Our oldest is 14. If he starts having groups of friends over regularly, we will.

This isn't about him or his younger brother "knowing the rules," etc. It's simply sidestepping one irritation of many potential irritations with groups of regular teens in the house.

[Anonymous]

Trying to walk the line between being responsible but realistic and not wanting DS, who’s a senior so about to head off to college, feel that we don’t trust him. We finally decided to quietly dump everything in the back of the liquor cabinet and not replace the hard liquor that we usually drink after we used it up. And we don’t stock up on wine like we used to. So we basically have only a bottle or two of wine in the house that we plan to drink in the near future, plus a couple good bottles to grab as a hostess gift. Part of this is trying to be cognizant of our own consumption and being better role models in that regard, and part of it is making it easier to monitor any alcohol misuse by the kids.

[Anonymous]

My kids are toddlers, but you bet I'll lock that up when they're older.

So many of these posts are SO naive. I was the good kid who never had parties, never went to parties, was bookish, nerdy, never got into trouble, straight As, super responsible. I had a small group of friends, all similar in behavior. We had sleepovers at each other's houses from time to time, never anything anyone would describe as a party. All supervised by parents, they were always home. And all in a completely different area of the house then where the liquor cabinet is.

But I was sneaking booze out of my parent's liquor cabinet starting at 15 to drink with my friends at each other's houses. By the time I graduated high school, that liquor cabinet was all bottles filled with water.

And of COURSE I knew the rules and expressed to my parents that I had no interest in drinking. Put on a good act about how "It tastes so gross!" We weren't "hanging out by the liquor" - it takes 1 minute to pour liquor into a water bottle and take it to another room. Eventually the host parents would fall asleep, and we would stay up and drink. Quietly! No rambunctious behavior besides what would be expected for three teen girls having a sleepover. But we were plastered.

So, yeah. Lock your liquor, folks.

[Anonymous]

No. If they want liquor, they can get it. There are certain liquor stores that don’t card. I am teaching my kids that alcohol is a part of life to be enjoyed in moderation, not some terrible thing that needs to be kept under lock anx key.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids are toddlers, but you bet I'll lock that up when they're older.

So many of these posts are SO naive. I was the good kid who never had parties, never went to parties, was bookish, nerdy, never got into trouble, straight As, super responsible. I had a small group of friends, all similar in behavior. We had sleepovers at each other's houses from time to time, never anything anyone would describe as a party. All supervised by parents, they were always home. And all in a completely different area of the house then where the liquor cabinet is.

But I was sneaking booze out of my parent's liquor cabinet starting at 15 to drink with my friends at each other's houses. By the time I graduated high school, that liquor cabinet was all bottles filled with water.

And of COURSE I knew the rules and expressed to my parents that I had no interest in drinking. Put on a good act about how "It tastes so gross!" We weren't "hanging out by the liquor" - it takes 1 minute to pour liquor into a water bottle and take it to another room. Eventually the host parents would fall asleep, and we would stay up and drink. Quietly! No rambunctious behavior besides what would be expected for three teen girls having a sleepover. But we were plastered.

So, yeah. Lock your liquor, folks.

I was also a bookish and very responsible kid but I never stole my parent’s liquor.

[Anonymous]

I’ve never brought liquor home. I only drink it at a restaurant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids are toddlers, but you bet I'll lock that up when they're older.

So many of these posts are SO naive. I was the good kid who never had parties, never went to parties, was bookish, nerdy, never got into trouble, straight As, super responsible. I had a small group of friends, all similar in behavior. We had sleepovers at each other's houses from time to time, never anything anyone would describe as a party. All supervised by parents, they were always home. And all in a completely different area of the house then where the liquor cabinet is.

But I was sneaking booze out of my parent's liquor cabinet starting at 15 to drink with my friends at each other's houses. By the time I graduated high school, that liquor cabinet was all bottles filled with water.

And of COURSE I knew the rules and expressed to my parents that I had no interest in drinking. Put on a good act about how "It tastes so gross!" We weren't "hanging out by the liquor" - it takes 1 minute to pour liquor into a water bottle and take it to another room. Eventually the host parents would fall asleep, and we would stay up and drink. Quietly! No rambunctious behavior besides what would be expected for three teen girls having a sleepover. But we were plastered.

So, yeah. Lock your liquor, folks.

I was also a bookish and very responsible kid but I never stole my parent’s liquor.

PP here. My point isn't that everyone did/does/would take the liquor. My point is, a lot of these "oh, we don't need to" posts don't recognize that they're not immune.

[Anonymous]

You can buy something that fits over the mouth of a bottle that you lock with a little luggage lock. Or some have a combo lock built in. It should be secure as long as you don't set the combination to be the year of vintage or your address or something equally guessable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids are toddlers, but you bet I'll lock that up when they're older.

So many of these posts are SO naive. I was the good kid who never had parties, never went to parties, was bookish, nerdy, never got into trouble, straight As, super responsible. I had a small group of friends, all similar in behavior. We had sleepovers at each other's houses from time to time, never anything anyone would describe as a party. All supervised by parents, they were always home. And all in a completely different area of the house then where the liquor cabinet is.

But I was sneaking booze out of my parent's liquor cabinet starting at 15 to drink with my friends at each other's houses. By the time I graduated high school, that liquor cabinet was all bottles filled with water.

And of COURSE I knew the rules and expressed to my parents that I had no interest in drinking. Put on a good act about how "It tastes so gross!" We weren't "hanging out by the liquor" - it takes 1 minute to pour liquor into a water bottle and take it to another room. Eventually the host parents would fall asleep, and we would stay up and drink. Quietly! No rambunctious behavior besides what would be expected for three teen girls having a sleepover. But we were plastered.

So, yeah. Lock your liquor, folks.

+1 Teens who don't have a party crowd but are home a lot often let their curiosity get the better of them. It's not about being a "bad" kid, it's just normal human inquisitiveness. Same reason you lock up a cabinet where you keep the cleaning supplies when you have toddlers, at least until they grow old enough to know that PineSol is not a drink.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids are toddlers, but you bet I'll lock that up when they're older.

So many of these posts are SO naive. I was the good kid who never had parties, never went to parties, was bookish, nerdy, never got into trouble, straight As, super responsible. I had a small group of friends, all similar in behavior. We had sleepovers at each other's houses from time to time, never anything anyone would describe as a party. All supervised by parents, they were always home. And all in a completely different area of the house then where the liquor cabinet is.

But I was sneaking booze out of my parent's liquor cabinet starting at 15 to drink with my friends at each other's houses. By the time I graduated high school, that liquor cabinet was all bottles filled with water.

And of COURSE I knew the rules and expressed to my parents that I had no interest in drinking. Put on a good act about how "It tastes so gross!" We weren't "hanging out by the liquor" - it takes 1 minute to pour liquor into a water bottle and take it to another room. Eventually the host parents would fall asleep, and we would stay up and drink. Quietly! No rambunctious behavior besides what would be expected for three teen girls having a sleepover. But we were plastered.

So, yeah. Lock your liquor, folks.

I was also a bookish and very responsible kid but I never stole my parent’s liquor.

+1

My kids are now 25 and 20 and never stole from ours either, and our house rivals most well stocked high end bars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids are toddlers, but you bet I'll lock that up when they're older.

So many of these posts are SO naive. I was the good kid who never had parties, never went to parties, was bookish, nerdy, never got into trouble, straight As, super responsible. I had a small group of friends, all similar in behavior. We had sleepovers at each other's houses from time to time, never anything anyone would describe as a party. All supervised by parents, they were always home. And all in a completely different area of the house then where the liquor cabinet is.

But I was sneaking booze out of my parent's liquor cabinet starting at 15 to drink with my friends at each other's houses. By the time I graduated high school, that liquor cabinet was all bottles filled with water.

And of COURSE I knew the rules and expressed to my parents that I had no interest in drinking. Put on a good act about how "It tastes so gross!" We weren't "hanging out by the liquor" - it takes 1 minute to pour liquor into a water bottle and take it to another room. Eventually the host parents would fall asleep, and we would stay up and drink. Quietly! No rambunctious behavior besides what would be expected for three teen girls having a sleepover. But we were plastered.

So, yeah. Lock your liquor, folks.

I was also a bookish and very responsible kid but I never stole my parent’s liquor.

+1

My kids are now 25 and 20 and never stole from ours either, and our house rivals most well stocked high end bars.

+1. My kids are now adults and never stole from us. I am fully aware that they drank-I saw their fake IDs and even bought them liquor in college, but they never stole from us.

[Anonymous]

We don’t have liquor at home.