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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We started allowing our children to drink during trips to Europe. Waiters would bring wine glasses for children when there were as young as 14 or 15. I think it helped demystify alcohol and made drinking a glass of wine with a meal very enjoyable for them. I think a drinking age of 21 is insanely puritanical and causes many unintended consequences not the least of which is binge drinking on college campuses.[/quote] I wish we would put this pervasive "BUT IN EUROPE!!!" myth to rest. Europeans have among the highest binge drinking/alcoholism rates in the world, including among teens. If you want to serve your kid alcohol that's fine, but don't act like there's even a hint of data suggesting it is beneficial. In fact, the research is crystal clear that age one started drinking and binge drinking rates are very much inversely correlated.[/quote] Thank you. The number of people who still believe this is astounding to me.[/quote]
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