Would you mind if your 15 year old drank?

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Anonymous wrote:2 beers at 15 is ok

It's actually not. You don't get to pick and choose what is legal. If you want your children to respect and follow the law, you have to respect and follow the law.

100 Percent agree.

Except it’s legal for your team to drink two beers in your house

If you think that is the worst your kid could do, wake up

What are you babbling about

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Anonymous wrote:It is so scary to me that there are parents out here who even think this is a question. SMH.

I'll bite-- why is it so scary to you. Do you think everyone who has a beer at 15 end up with unhealthy approach to alcohol? Or that everyone who has a beer at 15 suffer lifelong health consequences?

Is it or is it not OK to break the law, moron? Oh it is? Oh but just THIS law?

Hope your kids enjoy jail, suspension, losing a job, and all the other natural, predictable consequences of breaking the law and the rules of schools and businesses.

I appreciate the thoughtful responses but I think this is hysterical.

Tell it to the judge when your 17- or 18-year-old gets a DUI.

We had a lot of parents like you when I was on the swim team. My parents were the "uncool" ones. Here are actual things that happened to some of my teammmates:

1) One did, in fact, get a DUI when she was a freshman at Michigan State, age 19. Lost a swimming scholarship.
2) One lost the team captain position when my coach heard she drank at a party. A high school consequence, sure. Low-stakes, sure. But a natural consequence of her dumb behavior.
3) One started abusing drugs while in high school and went down the full, predictable druggie path. Two babies with two different dads; she has never had custody, her parents raise them. She's been in and out of jail. Never held down a decent job. Rehab, lose a job at Pizza Hut or some such, rinse, repeat.
4) My friend got in too deep with some of the guys on the boys team and kind of became...known as a slut. She has a fine life now, but that can't be fun to look back on.

There were other teammates who drank and got away with it and no big consequences, sure. Maybe your kids will be like those kids, fine. Maybe not.

You must be a child of an alcoholic because you’re completely hysterical

Every single one of those things actually happened to people I was on the swim team with in high school.

And as I mentioned, yes, of course there were some kids who drank and there were no real consequences. But sure, go down the path of losing scholarships, DUIs and drug abuse and good luck.

Because you don't get to act like you can predict what will happen for YOUR kid. You don't get to declare that you will have a no-consequence kid vs. a kid who gets a DUI.

Best of luck!

Thanks for warning us, PP. I’m definitely not going to let my kids swim.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is so scary to me that there are parents out here who even think this is a question. SMH.

I'll bite-- why is it so scary to you. Do you think everyone who has a beer at 15 end up with unhealthy approach to alcohol? Or that everyone who has a beer at 15 suffer lifelong health consequences?

Is it or is it not OK to break the law, moron? Oh it is? Oh but just THIS law?

Hope your kids enjoy jail, suspension, losing a job, and all the other natural, predictable consequences of breaking the law and the rules of schools and businesses.

I appreciate the thoughtful responses but I think this is hysterical.

Tell it to the judge when your 17- or 18-year-old gets a DUI.

We had a lot of parents like you when I was on the swim team. My parents were the "uncool" ones. Here are actual things that happened to some of my teammmates:

1) One did, in fact, get a DUI when she was a freshman at Michigan State, age 19. Lost a swimming scholarship.
2) One lost the team captain position when my coach heard she drank at a party. A high school consequence, sure. Low-stakes, sure. But a natural consequence of her dumb behavior.
3) One started abusing drugs while in high school and went down the full, predictable druggie path. Two babies with two different dads; she has never had custody, her parents raise them. She's been in and out of jail. Never held down a decent job. Rehab, lose a job at Pizza Hut or some such, rinse, repeat.
4) My friend got in too deep with some of the guys on the boys team and kind of became...known as a slut. She has a fine life now, but that can't be fun to look back on.

There were other teammates who drank and got away with it and no big consequences, sure. Maybe your kids will be like those kids, fine. Maybe not.

You must be a child of an alcoholic because you’re completely hysterical

Every single one of those things actually happened to people I was on the swim team with in high school.

And as I mentioned, yes, of course there were some kids who drank and there were no real consequences. But sure, go down the path of losing scholarships, DUIs and drug abuse and good luck.

Because you don't get to act like you can predict what will happen for YOUR kid. You don't get to declare that you will have a no-consequence kid vs. a kid who gets a DUI.

Best of luck!

Thanks for warning us, PP. I’m definitely not going to let my kids swim.

Best of luck! Gooooooood luck! Think of me when the entirely predictable consequence comes, PP. Think of me.

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My kids are totally screwed they both swim

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Anonymous wrote:Yes I would but both my kids drank at 15.

I didn’t freak out or punish them.

It’s part of our American HS culture and we discussed it and monitored it.

I don't buy that it's part of every Americans HS culture. The kids who are allowed to just go out to whatever and "be home byxxx" without having to say what they are doing is still a minority. They are.thr kids allowed to party. I wasn't, neither were my friends until basically after senior year spring break, even then the reigns were pretty tight until graduation

I’m not exactly sure where you got “Party” from ...the person asked about two beers. If your kid had two beers most likely at 15 the kid stole two beers from somewhere and they drank it in their basement just to see what it was like.

Yes drinking is part of high school American culture. Kids are faced with not going to parties every single weekend because there’s alcohol and drugs there. I didn’t saying my kids go to those parties but I do imagine that sometime during their high school career they’re going to try a beer and maybe two

NP. You are so dumb to think that "just beer" is truly gonna be just beer. I am so laughing at you. If you don't get that just beers leads to just beers and then shots and then just beers, shots and pot you are a complete moron.

So clearly there’s a bunch of children of alcoholics on this thread because this person right here has turned two beers into going to rehab. You probably could use some therapy for your anxieties

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Anonymous wrote:It is so scary to me that there are parents out here who even think this is a question. SMH.

I'll bite-- why is it so scary to you. Do you think everyone who has a beer at 15 end up with unhealthy approach to alcohol? Or that everyone who has a beer at 15 suffer lifelong health consequences?

Is it or is it not OK to break the law, moron? Oh it is? Oh but just THIS law?

Hope your kids enjoy jail, suspension, losing a job, and all the other natural, predictable consequences of breaking the law and the rules of schools and businesses.

I appreciate the thoughtful responses but I think this is hysterical.

Tell it to the judge when your 17- or 18-year-old gets a DUI.

We had a lot of parents like you when I was on the swim team. My parents were the "uncool" ones. Here are actual things that happened to some of my teammmates:

1) One did, in fact, get a DUI when she was a freshman at Michigan State, age 19. Lost a swimming scholarship.
2) One lost the team captain position when my coach heard she drank at a party. A high school consequence, sure. Low-stakes, sure. But a natural consequence of her dumb behavior.
3) One started abusing drugs while in high school and went down the full, predictable druggie path. Two babies with two different dads; she has never had custody, her parents raise them. She's been in and out of jail. Never held down a decent job. Rehab, lose a job at Pizza Hut or some such, rinse, repeat.
4) My friend got in too deep with some of the guys on the boys team and kind of became...known as a slut. She has a fine life now, but that can't be fun to look back on.

There were other teammates who drank and got away with it and no big consequences, sure. Maybe your kids will be like those kids, fine. Maybe not.

You must be a child of an alcoholic because you’re completely hysterical

Every single one of those things actually happened to people I was on the swim team with in high school.

And as I mentioned, yes, of course there were some kids who drank and there were no real consequences. But sure, go down the path of losing scholarships, DUIs and drug abuse and good luck.

Because you don't get to act like you can predict what will happen for YOUR kid. You don't get to declare that you will have a no-consequence kid vs. a kid who gets a DUI.

Best of luck!

Thanks for warning us, PP. I’m definitely not going to let my kids swim.

Best of luck! Gooooooood luck! Think of me when the entirely predictable consequence comes, PP. Think of me.

It’s a gateway. You think it will just be swim. But then they start diving. Or playing water polo.

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2 beers at 15 is ok[/quote]

It's actually not. You don't get to pick and choose what is legal. If you want your children to respect and follow the law, you have to respect and follow the law. [/quote]

100 Percent agree. [/quote]

Except it’s legal for your team to drink two beers in your house[/quote]

There are 8 states that allow this. It does not allow for someone else to provide alcohol at their house. So, a parent who provides alcohol to underage kids at a party, get together or beach week can be citied. Will they get in that much trouble, not in MD as mostly they get off with a small fine. Unfortunately, that's when someone dies at the hands of a drunk driver.

That said, the law is 21 so explain to your teen why they have to follow other laws but not that one???

This is should be a no brainer. Oh wait, none of the bad stuff will ever happen to my kid. My kid won't drive drunk that one time. My kid won't get alcohol poisoning. My kid .......[/quote]

Where does it say an op’s npost is it OK to serve two beers to someone else’s kid? It doesn’t the question is would you freak out if your kid had two beers, would you be OK with it, would you not be OK with it but you would react calmly.

I love how all your responses are that this kid is now going to get in a car drive and crash into somebody a 15-year-old doesn’t even have a license. Nobody is saying it’s OK to drink and drive ...someone asked would it be OK if your kid drank two beers. Also the response is no I wouldn’t be OK with it but I also wouldn’t freak out.[/quote]

While I would not freak out either over two beers.

How does she know it was only two beers? What should be the consequence none? How do you know next time it won't be four of six beers? You don't. Nor do you know if that 15 year old is turning 16 soon and hence driving next year. If they drank at 15 you think they won't at 16 or 17??? HAHAHA good luck with that.

That all said, again it's illegal and I'm tired of parents saying it's a rite of passage for high school and that they are so so sorry someone else lost a child. While that may seem extreme to you it really isn't.

In a perfect world we would all like it if our kids drank responsibly but in reality not going to happen so how do we as a society deal with this? We created these laws for a reason. D

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Anonymous wrote:It is so scary to me that there are parents out here who even think this is a question. SMH.

I'll bite-- why is it so scary to you. Do you think everyone who has a beer at 15 end up with unhealthy approach to alcohol? Or that everyone who has a beer at 15 suffer lifelong health consequences?

Is it or is it not OK to break the law, moron? Oh it is? Oh but just THIS law?

Hope your kids enjoy jail, suspension, losing a job, and all the other natural, predictable consequences of breaking the law and the rules of schools and businesses.

I appreciate the thoughtful responses but I think this is hysterical.

Tell it to the judge when your 17- or 18-year-old gets a DUI.

We had a lot of parents like you when I was on the swim team. My parents were the "uncool" ones. Here are actual things that happened to some of my teammmates:

1) One did, in fact, get a DUI when she was a freshman at Michigan State, age 19. Lost a swimming scholarship.
2) One lost the team captain position when my coach heard she drank at a party. A high school consequence, sure. Low-stakes, sure. But a natural consequence of her dumb behavior.
3) One started abusing drugs while in high school and went down the full, predictable druggie path. Two babies with two different dads; she has never had custody, her parents raise them. She's been in and out of jail. Never held down a decent job. Rehab, lose a job at Pizza Hut or some such, rinse, repeat.
4) My friend got in too deep with some of the guys on the boys team and kind of became...known as a slut. She has a fine life now, but that can't be fun to look back on.

There were other teammates who drank and got away with it and no big consequences, sure. Maybe your kids will be like those kids, fine. Maybe not.

You must be a child of an alcoholic because you’re completely hysterical

Every single one of those things actually happened to people I was on the swim team with in high school.

And as I mentioned, yes, of course there were some kids who drank and there were no real consequences. But sure, go down the path of losing scholarships, DUIs and drug abuse and good luck.

Because you don't get to act like you can predict what will happen for YOUR kid. You don't get to declare that you will have a no-consequence kid vs. a kid who gets a DUI.

Best of luck!

Thanks for warning us, PP. I’m definitely not going to let my kids swim.

Best of luck! Gooooooood luck! Think of me when the entirely predictable consequence comes, PP. Think of me.

It’s a gateway. You think it will just be swim. But then they start diving. Or playing water polo.

Best of luck! Good luck. I will try to hide my smug smile when I hear about the latest round of dumb-ass behavior and predictable consequences from your set. I'll pretend to nod with concern and cluck sympathetically.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is so scary to me that there are parents out here who even think this is a question. SMH.

I'll bite-- why is it so scary to you. Do you think everyone who has a beer at 15 end up with unhealthy approach to alcohol? Or that everyone who has a beer at 15 suffer lifelong health consequences?

Is it or is it not OK to break the law, moron? Oh it is? Oh but just THIS law?

Hope your kids enjoy jail, suspension, losing a job, and all the other natural, predictable consequences of breaking the law and the rules of schools and businesses.

I appreciate the thoughtful responses but I think this is hysterical.

Tell it to the judge when your 17- or 18-year-old gets a DUI.

We had a lot of parents like you when I was on the swim team. My parents were the "uncool" ones. Here are actual things that happened to some of my teammmates:

1) One did, in fact, get a DUI when she was a freshman at Michigan State, age 19. Lost a swimming scholarship.
2) One lost the team captain position when my coach heard she drank at a party. A high school consequence, sure. Low-stakes, sure. But a natural consequence of her dumb behavior.
3) One started abusing drugs while in high school and went down the full, predictable druggie path. Two babies with two different dads; she has never had custody, her parents raise them. She's been in and out of jail. Never held down a decent job. Rehab, lose a job at Pizza Hut or some such, rinse, repeat.
4) My friend got in too deep with some of the guys on the boys team and kind of became...known as a slut. She has a fine life now, but that can't be fun to look back on.

There were other teammates who drank and got away with it and no big consequences, sure. Maybe your kids will be like those kids, fine. Maybe not.

You must be a child of an alcoholic because you’re completely hysterical

Every single one of those things actually happened to people I was on the swim team with in high school.

And as I mentioned, yes, of course there were some kids who drank and there were no real consequences. But sure, go down the path of losing scholarships, DUIs and drug abuse and good luck.

Because you don't get to act like you can predict what will happen for YOUR kid. You don't get to declare that you will have a no-consequence kid vs. a kid who gets a DUI.

Best of luck!

Thanks for warning us, PP. I’m definitely not going to let my kids swim.

Best of luck! Gooooooood luck! Think of me when the entirely predictable consequence comes, PP. Think of me.

It’s a gateway. You think it will just be swim. But then they start diving. Or playing water polo.

Best of luck! Good luck. I will try to hide my smug smile when I hear about the latest round of dumb-ass behavior and predictable consequences from your set. I'll pretend to nod with concern and cluck sympathetically.

That would be just as pathetic as I acting smugly when I know your kid is guzzling beer and you think he’s perfect.

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2 beers at 15 is ok[/quote]

It's actually not. You don't get to pick and choose what is legal. If you want your children to respect and follow the law, you have to respect and follow the law. [/quote]

100 Percent agree. [/quote]

Except it’s legal for your team to drink two beers in your house[/quote]

There are 8 states that allow this. It does not allow for someone else to provide alcohol at their house. So, a parent who provides alcohol to underage kids at a party, get together or beach week can be citied. Will they get in that much trouble, not in MD as mostly they get off with a small fine. Unfortunately, that's when someone dies at the hands of a drunk driver.

That said, the law is 21 so explain to your teen why they have to follow other laws but not that one???

This is should be a no brainer. Oh wait, none of the bad stuff will ever happen to my kid. My kid won't drive drunk that one time. My kid won't get alcohol poisoning. My kid .......[/quote]

Where does it say an op’s npost is it OK to serve two beers to someone else’s kid? It doesn’t the question is would you freak out if your kid had two beers, would you be OK with it, would you not be OK with it but you would react calmly.

I love how all your responses are that this kid is now going to get in a car drive and crash into somebody a 15-year-old doesn’t even have a license. Nobody is saying it’s OK to drink and drive ...someone asked would it be OK if your kid drank two beers. Also the response is no I wouldn’t be OK with it but I also wouldn’t freak out.[/quote]

While I would not freak out either over two beers.

How does she know it was only two beers? What should be the consequence none? How do you know next time it won't be four of six beers? You don't. Nor do you know if that 15 year old is turning 16 soon and hence driving next year. If they drank at 15 you think they won't at 16 or 17??? HAHAHA good luck with that.

That all said, again it's illegal and I'm tired of parents saying it's a rite of passage for high school and that they are so so sorry someone else lost a child. While that may seem extreme to you it really isn't.

In a perfect world we would all like it if our kids drank responsibly but in reality not going to happen so how do we as a society deal with this? We created these laws for a reason. D[/quote]

No. The state does not create laws so that I can parent my children. As a matter of fact there’s a whole bunch of things that are legal to do that I don’t want my children to do there is probably some illegal things that I do let them do like 64 in a 55.

Well if your child doesn’t drink any beers how do you know it wasn’t two beers how do you know your child isn’t drinking four beers. You could be totally against drinking which means your kid lies to you, possibly. We could go on forever with what ifs but the question at hand is if I knuwbmy 15-year-old drank two beers would I be OK with it the answer is no but I wouldn’t freak out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is so scary to me that there are parents out here who even think this is a question. SMH.

I'll bite-- why is it so scary to you. Do you think everyone who has a beer at 15 end up with unhealthy approach to alcohol? Or that everyone who has a beer at 15 suffer lifelong health consequences?

Is it or is it not OK to break the law, moron? Oh it is? Oh but just THIS law?

Hope your kids enjoy jail, suspension, losing a job, and all the other natural, predictable consequences of breaking the law and the rules of schools and businesses.

I appreciate the thoughtful responses but I think this is hysterical.

Tell it to the judge when your 17- or 18-year-old gets a DUI.

We had a lot of parents like you when I was on the swim team. My parents were the "uncool" ones. Here are actual things that happened to some of my teammmates:

1) One did, in fact, get a DUI when she was a freshman at Michigan State, age 19. Lost a swimming scholarship.
2) One lost the team captain position when my coach heard she drank at a party. A high school consequence, sure. Low-stakes, sure. But a natural consequence of her dumb behavior.
3) One started abusing drugs while in high school and went down the full, predictable druggie path. Two babies with two different dads; she has never had custody, her parents raise them. She's been in and out of jail. Never held down a decent job. Rehab, lose a job at Pizza Hut or some such, rinse, repeat.
4) My friend got in too deep with some of the guys on the boys team and kind of became...known as a slut. She has a fine life now, but that can't be fun to look back on.

There were other teammates who drank and got away with it and no big consequences, sure. Maybe your kids will be like those kids, fine. Maybe not.

You must be a child of an alcoholic because you’re completely hysterical

Every single one of those things actually happened to people I was on the swim team with in high school.

And as I mentioned, yes, of course there were some kids who drank and there were no real consequences. But sure, go down the path of losing scholarships, DUIs and drug abuse and good luck.

Because you don't get to act like you can predict what will happen for YOUR kid. You don't get to declare that you will have a no-consequence kid vs. a kid who gets a DUI.

Best of luck!

Thanks for warning us, PP. I’m definitely not going to let my kids swim.

Best of luck! Gooooooood luck! Think of me when the entirely predictable consequence comes, PP. Think of me.

It’s a gateway. You think it will just be swim. But then they start diving. Or playing water polo.

Best of luck! Good luck. I will try to hide my smug smile when I hear about the latest round of dumb-ass behavior and predictable consequences from your set. I'll pretend to nod with concern and cluck sympathetically.

That would be just as pathetic as I acting smugly when I know your kid is guzzling beer and you think he’s perfect.

If you catch my kid drinking beer, let me know. I'll be on it and I will handle it. It's called parenting. Maybe try it some time?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I would absolutely mind!
College is the earliest kids should try alcohol (responsibly, although it might be wishful thinking).

Not trying until college reduces the likelihood your kid will try responsibly then.

You made that up.

+1 the data does not support this.

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2 beers at 15 is ok[/quote]

It's actually not. You don't get to pick and choose what is legal. If you want your children to respect and follow the law, you have to respect and follow the law. [/quote]

100 Percent agree. [/quote]

Except it’s legal for your team to drink two beers in your house[/quote]

There are 8 states that allow this. It does not allow for someone else to provide alcohol at their house. So, a parent who provides alcohol to underage kids at a party, get together or beach week can be citied. Will they get in that much trouble, not in MD as mostly they get off with a small fine. Unfortunately, that's when someone dies at the hands of a drunk driver.

That said, the law is 21 so explain to your teen why they have to follow other laws but not that one???

This is should be a no brainer. Oh wait, none of the bad stuff will ever happen to my kid. My kid won't drive drunk that one time. My kid won't get alcohol poisoning. My kid .......[/quote]

Where does it say an op’s npost is it OK to serve two beers to someone else’s kid? It doesn’t the question is would you freak out if your kid had two beers, would you be OK with it, would you not be OK with it but you would react calmly.

I love how all your responses are that this kid is now going to get in a car drive and crash into somebody a 15-year-old doesn’t even have a license. Nobody is saying it’s OK to drink and drive ...someone asked would it be OK if your kid drank two beers. Also the response is no I wouldn’t be OK with it but I also wouldn’t freak out.[/quote]

While I would not freak out either over two beers.

How does she know it was only two beers? What should be the consequence none? How do you know next time it won't be four of six beers? You don't. Nor do you know if that 15 year old is turning 16 soon and hence driving next year. If they drank at 15 you think they won't at 16 or 17??? HAHAHA good luck with that.

That all said, again it's illegal and I'm tired of parents saying it's a rite of passage for high school and that they are so so sorry someone else lost a child. While that may seem extreme to you it really isn't.

In a perfect world we would all like it if our kids drank responsibly but in reality not going to happen so how do we as a society deal with this? We created these laws for a reason. D[/quote]

No. The state does not create laws so that I can parent my children. As a matter of fact there’s a whole bunch of things that are legal to do that I don’t want my children to do there is probably some illegal things that I do let them do like 64 in a 55.

Well if your child doesn’t drink any beers how do you know it wasn’t two beers how do you know your child isn’t drinking four beers. You could be totally against drinking which means your kid lies to you, possibly. We could go on forever with what ifs but the question at hand is if I knuwbmy 15-year-old drank two beers would I be OK with it the answer is no but I wouldn’t freak out.[/quote]

Let's try this again try and read.
1. It's illegal period. Unless in certain states in your home your kid.
2. I said I would not be bent out of shape if I found out about two beers. I would be upset if they lied. I would want to know where they got the beers if they were not from our house. No one else should be giving my kid alcohol it's illegal.
3. It's called parenting what do you not get about that?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I would absolutely mind!
College is the earliest kids should try alcohol (responsibly, although it might be wishful thinking).

Not trying until college reduces the likelihood your kid will try responsibly then.

You made that up.

Kids who have never had alcohol, particularly if it is because of parent restrictions, are more likely to go crazy with the freedom of college. They are also less prepared to handle the effects of alcohol so are more likely to get trashed, intentionally or not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I would absolutely mind!
College is the earliest kids should try alcohol (responsibly, although it might be wishful thinking).

Not trying until college reduces the likelihood your kid will try responsibly then.

You made that up.

Kids who have never had alcohol, particularly if it is because of parent restrictions, are more likely to go crazy with the freedom of college. They are also less prepared to handle the effects of alcohol so are more likely to get trashed, intentionally or not.

Nonsense.