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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm French. My relatives drank wine at every meal except breakfast. Kids were allowed a sip.

I have never binged or gotten drunk in my life. I don't actually drink except a half glass at the Holidays. I have raised my kids the same way. Right now my oldest is studying in France and has gone with friends to wine-tastings and such. He's always the sober driver. My teen does not drink. Some people just aren't interested in alcohol, OP.

The kids who are interested will of course be at risk for all sorts of alcohol-related issues, and need more education on restraint, and consequences of not restraint. But it really depends on the kids you have. If they're intelligent and have natural control over their impulses it will be fine. If you have a very impulsive kid with a taste for alcohol... it's going to be difficult no matter what you do.
Since my kids are 20 and 15, I've seen all kinds of behavior in their circle of friends, and in my friends' kids. The parents have less control over it than they think they have.
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Being French has nothing to do with it. France has plenty of drinks and boorish alcohol related behavior. You’re describing responsible drinking, not French drinking. [/quote]

PP you replied to. You missed my point. France, like some other countries, has a drinking culture that is different than America's, for example in how young kids can legally drink alcohol (until recently, it was 16), and how much drinking exists around children. My school had little bottles of white and red wine for the teachers at lunch time, for example. My father always had 2 hour lunches with alcohol at work with his colleagues (he didn't drink, but others did). Wine is just worked into the fabric of society in a way that's different from here. So I do feel my nationality needs pointing out, because my children were never brought up in a house or family where alcohol was ever hidden, or seen as taboo. There was never excitement about doing something forbidden. They've just been told ever since they were little that it's not healthy. And since they don't particularly like the taste... they don't drink.

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And yet, France has a similar alcoholism rate as the US. Your opinion doesn't seem to rely on objective review.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/alcoholism-by-country[/quote]

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