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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is so scary to me that there are parents out here who even think this is a question. SMH.[/quote]

I'll bite-- why is it so scary to you. Do you think everyone who has a beer at 15 end up with unhealthy approach to alcohol?  Or that everyone who has a beer at 15 suffer lifelong health consequences?[/quote]

Not that PP,  But statistically, it does make your child more at risk of abusing alcohol. Of making poor choices with it. [/quote]

This is true. It is also borne out by my personal anecdata. The kids who drank that young (9th grade or younger!), did struggle seriously in high school (even though many got away with it - - as in, the trouble they got into or caused didn't hold them back career wise, but they hurt people along the way), college (and have some regrets), and I know more than a dozen who struggled with substance abuse as adults. The kids who waited, but still drank before 21, some have these issues, many don't. I can't think of anyone who waited until 21 to drink who has a problem like that.[/quote]

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