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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Make up and temporary hair dye? No biggie.

Mocktails at a 13 year old's party? Were they mixed in shakers and served in cocktail glasses? That would definitely bother me. Frozen virgin pina coladas or strawberry daiquiris served in a plastic cup with a fun straw similar to a starbucks frappachino or a smoothie at a restaurant? Not a big deal.

I am generally conservative but am fine with adult drinking, host parties with alcohol and am not anti fun drinks for kids.[/quote]

Virgin frozen margaritas and pina coladas and a drink the bday girl created. All were frozen and served in plastic glasses (like plastic margarita and plastic colada glasses).

I think the mocktails are really what angered me most. I just see it as glamorizing drinking which I don’t believe in. There’s alcoholism on my side of the family so we’ve always discussed alcohol with them and the seriousness of it.  Most of this evening was spent talking about drinking and alcohol because she’s just absolutely enthralled with the mocktails.

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There is alcoholism in my family, but I still allow my kids (including my 8 year old) to have virgin pina coladas on vacation.  It's a tasty drink and they love getting the cherry garnish.  If you are overly restrictive, you will make your kids want the forbidden.  Just explain the mocktails are fine, but some people are more prone to alcoholism than others and your family has a history of alcoholism.  I grew up seeing over the top alcoholism, but my mom always allowed us virgin frozen drinks on vacation and it actually made it easier for me in college to get away from the pressures about drinking.  When my friends ordered an alcoholic beverage, I'd order a virgin drink.  They just got used to the fact that those were my drinks.  I still stay away from alcoholic beverages because I know my family history and want no part of that, but I think it helped that my mom didn't go over the top and restrict even virgin drinks.  [/quote]

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