Would you mind if your 15 year old drank?
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Anonymous
| Not to the point of getting drunk, but maybe two beers while at a party? |
Anonymous
| 15? Yes, absolutely. |
Anonymous
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Of course. We are Asian, and both our families have a low tolerance for alcohol (mutation in the gene that metabolizes alcohol). My tween and teen can sip to learn the taste of various drinks. But they cannot drink one beer, let alone two. |
Anonymous
| Yes, but how I handled it would depend on how I found out. |
Anonymous
| Yes, a few sips or a little with us, ok but otherwise absolutely not. |
Anonymous
| Those of you who say you would mind, did you drink at that age yourself? |
Anonymous
22:45 here and no, I did not drink at 15. I had my first drink at 17, then didn't have another until I was 20. |
Anonymous
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Yes, I would absolutely mind!
College is the earliest kids should try alcohol (responsibly, although it might be wishful thinking). |
Anonymous
I would mind. And yes, I drank at some point in high school. And knowing the dangerous crap I did asa a result is why I would mind. However, my number one concern would be my son not getting in a drunk drivers car. So if he called me from a party drunk to get a ride, I would likely talk to him about it, but inflict zero punishment. |
Anonymous
| Yes. Too young. They should be *much* better supervised. At 15. Parents are irresponsible, imo |
Anonymous
| Yes, a lot |
Anonymous
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I would be livid.
- mom to three teens |
Anonymous
| No. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
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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. |