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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am italian and basically don’t drink. I only drink if there is something to celebrate or if I am going out (which happens maybe once a month).

No one in my family drank much except for my grandfathers that always had wine with meals. I did not grow up thinking alcohol was this amazing yet forbidden thing and never grew to like it. I could have alcohol anytime I wanted (wine and beer because I don’t think my family ever had hard liquor in the house). I remember drinking a beer with my dad once when I was 7 and getting very tipsy. It was never a big deal. I used to go clubbing a lot in Italy in high school and I would only get fruit juice at the bar (as did most of my girlfriend).

When I came to the US at 19 I was shocked with the level of drinking and how kids in my dorm would just drink to get drunk. I still don’t get it.

My husband (not Italian) drinks a lot more (almost every day I think). My kids have been able to try and taste wine and beer since they were little. If they ever ask for, I would pour them  small glass and we probably have given them a little bit of champagne to cheer on special occasions. Definitely at 12, but we did it a lot younger too.

I still don’t get it. Everything in excess is bad for you.[/quote]

Very similar situation here.  I’m another Italian and rarely drink.  We don’t have alcohol in the house because no one drinks it.

But my parents have poured my kids tiny glasses at family functions if they wanted them for as long as I can remember, the same as they did for us growing up.  It wasn’t s big deal.  I would it put any thought into this and if she wanted some she could have a little.

If you are concerned enough to crowdsource, don’t give her any.  It’s too out of your comfort level. [/quote]

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