Do you drink in front of your kids?

[Anonymous]

Meh. When I asked my 3 yr old what else we needed to get at the grocery store pre snow storm last year, he promptly piped up "wine! don't forget wine, we don't want to run out!".

I don't drink much, but it certainly sounds like it from that view point...

[Anonymous]

Yes, at home and while out at social functions with the entire family. I'd rather them know we both drink, in moderation, than to hide it from them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG OP I'd be mortified!!! Super funny too!!! I'm so sorry!

Alcohol in our house was normal, my parents would let me try anything I wanted and I recall asking for the first time when I was around 15yo. The result was a responsible adult who rarely drinks and has never done anything behind their backs.

That's how we're raising our children too.

My parents didn't drink at all. No alcohol in the house ever, not even at family functions. The result was a responsible adult who rarely drinks and has never done anything behind their backs.

For the life of me, I do not understand why some people think that not drinking at all is such a virtue....

As you can see I cut and pasted the sentence from the above poster...basically to say that both parents who drink and parents who don't can raise kids who are responsible with alcohol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meh. When I asked my 3 yr old what else we needed to get at the grocery store pre snow storm last year, he promptly piped up "wine! don't forget wine, we don't want to run out!".

I don't drink much, but it certainly sounds like it from that view point...

Love this. Sounds like my kid! Too funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

My parents didn't drink at all. No alcohol in the house ever, not even at family functions. The result was a responsible adult who rarely drinks and has never done anything behind their backs.

For the life of me, I do not understand why some people think that not drinking at all is such a virtue....

When you live with, grow up with, or any other way have to deal with an alcoholic or alcoholism then it's very much a virtue that one doesn't drink. If you haven't experienced alcoholism or been touched by a "drunk" then do not judge people who actively chose not to drink.

Are you so clueless that you don't realize bold poster was being judgmental?

Why does my opinion make me clueless? Some people are so deeply & profoundly touched or hurt by having to deal with an alcoholic that they do not drink, big deal... Everyone is different and everyone deals with the experience differently, I think you are being judgmental by assuming the PP who grew up not drinking is no fun or doing something wrong by chosing to live the way she lives.

[Anonymous]

yes, we have the occasional beer or glass of wine. The kids have smelled it. We have also talked about how alcohol can make your mind not work right if you drink too much, but a little is o.k. for grown ups. We have talked about getting in a crash if someone drinks and tries to drive b/c their brain isn't working.

Kids are 7 and 5.

[Anonymous]

Yes, we drink in moderation in front of our kids. So did my parents. Everybody is fine!

[Anonymous]

I drink because of my kids, so yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I drink because of my kids, so yes.

+1

And to the PP that called wine "Mommy Juice", my daughter used to call my Mom's wine, "Grandma's Juice Box". Five years later and all of us call boxed wine, Grandma's Juice Box.

[Anonymous]

I don't think it's as simple as some people are making it out to be - it's not just drinking habits of parents but lifestyle in general. My parents were social drinkers and would drink at parties, and I can remember my mom loved having a beer every time we ordered pizza (which was rare). When I was older I would go to the beach for a week in the summer with my mom, her sister, and her daughter (my cousin) and the moms would have "wine time" where they would have a glass of wine on the deck.

What I mean by lifestyle is that my parents were really into health and fitness. My dad was very active, always involved in exercising and sports (played tennis regularly, would play basketball, run, gold, we always biked and hiked together, etc.) and my mom would go to her aerobics and later her yoga classes. Healthy eating was huge - we always had healthy homemade meals. We learned that how you treated your body was important to how you felt. So it would stand to reason that once I grew up and learned about alcohol and how it makes you hung over, dehydrated, etc., it would not be that appealing. I LOVE to have a margarita in the summer and I love my weekend glass of wine or two, but getting drunk or over-drinking doesn't appeal to me and even as a teen and college student, I didn't want it impending on my ability to excel at sports, screw up my yoga class the next morning, or cause me to have a bad run.

I also think the fact that my parents drank moderately helped me understand the importance of not drinking and driving - it instilled in me that if someone was drinking even one drink, they couldn't drive. I don't think I would have gotten that had they not drank at all.