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[quote]Teens will find and drink alcohol.

So we should facilitate that?

Different poster here.  This is the point.   Yes, kids will find something to drink.  But there's a difference when they know it's wrong and not sanctioned by adults.  They drink less.  When the parents act like it's all OK or even worse, supply the stuff, there's no reason for them to moderate their drinking at all.  
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Do you really think that teens moderate their drinking when it's not sanctioned by adults? [/quote]

Yes. And research has supported it. Easy access to alcohol and implicit or explicit condoning of use by parents or parental figures (ie coaches, etc) does lead to higher rates of consumption. Doesn't mean that kids who are sneaky aren't binge drinking, of course that happens. It just means that if they have ready access, then they are even MORE likely to continue bingeing because there is no real roadblock to stop them. I think most posters don't believe that doing nothing because it won't cure EVERYTHING is a cop out.

[b]Let me find some links.[/b] But really you don't need them, its common sense. And no, we don't abstain and yes, my kids can have wine with xmas dinner and such but I've seen this dynamic play over and over again, particularly when say there is just 1 minor child left in the household/ family, they get away with drinking much more at family events, and obviously with friends, because its just been normalized at that point by circumstance.[/quote]

14:47 above posted some links.

The research is pretty clear on this.[/quote]

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