Anonymous wrote:After reading this thread, I need a drink.

Anonymous wrote:The original post has got to be BS.

dedicateddad wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After reading this thread, I need a drink.

Where are you? I could invite you over to my basement if all of the grumpy parents wouldn't mind! Or maybe I should call your parents first and let them know that I will be having alcohol there!

dedicateddad wrote:I got the weed! I was saving it for my kids end of the year party but we could probably go ahead and smoke a doobie...but I prefer the pull out method. Is that something negotiable?



Damn you people...you are turning me into a troll! I didn't want to start acting like this but you people are maddening!!!!

dedicateddad wrote:OK...I can see this isn't going to work out...I'm not worried about your pleasure...Once I am done I need to go to bed.

Anonymous wrote:

dedicateddad wrote:I wish there were less anonymous posters in this thread...I can't keep track of who I am having a productive conversation with and who is trolling me. I will continue to raise my kids as I see fit but I was interested in some real people having a real discussion about this. The Euro philosophy does work well. In my extensive European travels I have seen a lower incidence of kids going crazy with alcohol and drugs like American kids do...and I do blame boring white puritanical people for making it seem so mysterious because of the way we hide drugs alcohol and sex. To those who just keep saying this mindset is "creepy" I encourage you to elaborate...that's the point right? Discussion?

dedicated, I could not agree more. It is not as if my wife and I are buying the kids poor-quality alcohol at a corner shop. We only shop at Whole Foods, and try to buy organic wines/liquor/beer in order to stay on the healthy side. Also, teens have to learn their limits, and we would rather have them safe at home than driving drunk or going to wild beer parties.

Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I expected a more enlightened response from this community. My wife is from Belgium, and I did a semester abroad in France when I was in college, so maybe we're a little too exotic for this forum.

Our oldest is going to an Ivy League school in the fall, one is in advanced AP classes in high school, and our youngest wants to pursue a career in the military as an officer. I think they're pretty good kids, no different from anyone else's.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

dedicateddad wrote:I wish there were less anonymous posters in this thread...I can't keep track of who I am having a productive conversation with and who is trolling me. I will continue to raise my kids as I see fit but I was interested in some real people having a real discussion about this. The Euro philosophy does work well. In my extensive European travels I have seen a lower incidence of kids going crazy with alcohol and drugs like American kids do...and I do blame boring white puritanical people for making it seem so mysterious because of the way we hide drugs alcohol and sex. To those who just keep saying this mindset is "creepy" I encourage you to elaborate...that's the point right? Discussion?

dedicated, I could not agree more. It is not as if my wife and I are buying the kids poor-quality alcohol at a corner shop. We only shop at Whole Foods, and try to buy organic wines/liquor/beer in order to stay on the healthy side. Also, teens have to learn their limits, and we would rather have them safe at home than driving drunk or going to wild beer parties.

That is HIGHlarious! That's right, just stay on the healthy side of underage drinking by insisting on only the top shelf stuff. How do these kids get home? Do you drive them? Do you call their parents and say "you kid is wasted and needs a ride home, AGAIN?" or just hand them their car keys. Utterly irresponsible.