Where to store alcohol in a home with teens

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Locking up alcohol as if it were a gun is insane. Try parenting instead.

This- the problem is not the alcohol

Even the best kids will experiment no matter how good the parenting is. My friends and I did it. Hide it, lock it up.

I didn’t. Neither did my close friends. We were told that alcohol messes with your judgment, and none of us wanted that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My teen is not adventuring into alcohol but I’m unsure about his friends. We have a spare fridge in a main part of the basement with alcoholic beverages that my husband and his friends use. Where to store this to eliminate teen access?

If you have to hide alcohol from your teens then there is a problem at home. I could keep a bottle of opened wine in my fridge for months and my teen wouldn’t touch it. Just like if I left my purse open with $20 bills spilling out of it they wouldn’t bother they either. Now I do ration out the Oreo cookies or they will be eaten without any constraint. I put 4 or so in a baggy a day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You could examine your alcohol consumption and assess whether you've had enough. Kids follow your example, so of course they're going to drink if you drink and smoke if you smoke. I have a dry house -always have. That shit is poison, which sickens you, increases cancer risk, makes you lose inhibitions, makes you look and smell like shit and does nothing good for you.

+1

OP here. I’m surprised at the judgmental responses when looking for advice, maybe I should not be. I am almost three years sober (by choice) and my husband only drinks when we are with others and/or host. As I stated, the fridge is full - of alcohol cans and champagne and wine - and we have zero issues with our son / he has no interest. I will get a lock for a basement closet and relocate it all. Thanks very much to all who had productive and supportive responses.

OP it’s literally one mom responding 10x and even +1 her own responses. She is the issue, not you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Locking up alcohol as if it were a gun is insane. Try parenting instead.

This- the problem is not the alcohol

Even the best kids will experiment no matter how good the parenting is. My friends and I did it. Hide it, lock it up.

We were told that alcohol makes you fat, and none of us wanted that.

I didn’t. Neither did my close friends. We were told that alcohol messes with your judgment, and none of us wanted that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our alcohol sits out like a [b]normal family. [i]We do keep the weed locked up though!

There's nothing normal aboit having alcohol out in the open in your home. It may be typical or common, but it is not normal.

It’s perfectly normal to have alcohol sitting out. It’s also normal not to have it sitting out. Both ways are fine and neither is superior. What a weird thing to flex about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Locking up alcohol as if it were a gun is insane. Try parenting instead.

This- the problem is not the alcohol

Even the best kids will experiment no matter how good the parenting is. My friends and I did it. Hide it, lock it up.

I didn’t. Neither did my close friends. We were told that alcohol messes with your judgment, and none of us wanted that.

We were told that alcohol makes you fat, and none of us wanted that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teen is not adventuring into alcohol but I’m unsure about his friends. We have a spare fridge in a main part of the basement with alcoholic beverages that my husband and his friends use. Where to store this to eliminate teen access?

If you have to hide alcohol from your teens then there is a problem at home. I could keep a bottle of opened wine in my fridge for months and my teen wouldn’t touch it. Just like if I left my purse open with $20 bills spilling out of it they wouldn’t bother they either. Now I do ration out the Oreo cookies or they will be eaten without any constraint. I put 4 or so in a baggy a day.

Why can’t they control themselves around Oreos? What did you do differently there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Locking up alcohol as if it were a gun is insane. Try parenting instead.

This- the problem is not the alcohol

Even the best kids will experiment no matter how good the parenting is. My friends and I did it. Hide it, lock it up.

I didn’t. Neither did my close friends. We were told that alcohol messes with your judgment, and none of us wanted that.

Same here. I waited until I was 21, which made me an extreme outlier.

I'm still not naive enough to believe that my kids or their friends will never get curious. "My kid would never do that" are words that often get disproved, whether you're aware of it or not.

[Anonymous]

Locking cabinet or file cabinet.

[Anonymous]

Our beer fridge is in the garage. In our old house, it was in the storage/laundry room. Our liquor cabinet is in the dining room and we're usually around. If you really don't trust your kid, then you need an alarm on the door. Our alarm system has a setting where you can set a sensor to send a notification without any sound if a door is opened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Locking up alcohol as if it were a gun is insane. Try parenting instead.

This- the problem is not the alcohol

Even the best kids will experiment no matter how good the parenting is. My friends and I did it. Hide it, lock it up.

I didn’t. Neither did my close friends. We were told that alcohol messes with your judgment, and none of us wanted that.

+1 for locking it up. i was a really good kid for the most part. straight As, travel athlete, church volunteer.... and even then we would sneak booze from my friends' house whose parents did not lock it up or just casually kept it out. i am also from the MW my best friends parents had the bar in the basement thing. My parents did not keep booze in the house after i turned 15. YMMV, but i say lock it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you’re worried, keep an indoor camera on the alcohol that alerts your phone when someone goes near it.

Really. Why would you do this? Just live the booze or talk w your son if you think it’s gonna be a problem. How old is he?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you’re worried, keep an indoor camera on the alcohol that alerts your phone when someone goes near it.

Really. Why would you do this? Just live the booze or talk w your son if you think it’s gonna be a problem. How old is he?

*move

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teen is not adventuring into alcohol but I’m unsure about his friends. We have a spare fridge in a main part of the basement with alcoholic beverages that my husband and his friends use. Where to store this to eliminate teen access?

If you have to hide alcohol from your teens then there is a problem at home. I could keep a bottle of opened wine in my fridge for months and my teen wouldn’t touch it. Just like if I left my purse open with $20 bills spilling out of it they wouldn’t bother they either. Now I do ration out the Oreo cookies or they will be eaten without any constraint. I put 4 or so in a baggy a day.

Why can’t they control themselves around Oreos? What did you do differently there?

Are you actually comparing alcohol to Oreo cookies?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Locking up alcohol as if it were a gun is insane. Try parenting instead.

This- the problem is not the alcohol

Even the best kids will experiment no matter how good the parenting is. My friends and I did it. Hide it, lock it up.

Not true. There are actually good kids out there. I guess you just weren’t one of them.

Kids who experiment with alcohol are bad kids, and kids that don’t are good kids?
Lord, lady. You’re an a$$hole.