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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One consideration. Are your parents teetotalers only because they disapprove of alcohol or are they teetotalers because their parents were drunks?  Sounds from your post like it's the former but if it's the latter then your kids might be at risk for addiction because of their genetic heritage. That doesn't mean you shouldn't let them drink, just that you should make them aware of the family history and that they need to monitor their use. [/quote]

+1 I was thinking the same thing.  My parents never drank because both had parents who were alcoholics.  They never forbid my brother and I from drinking and they always provided alcoholic beverages for guests, but they were very blunt and honest about the stories they told us and made it clear that alcoholism is a disease, it can ruin people and it runs in our family.  I enjoy a drink here and there but I drink responsibly and always have because the clear messages they sent both my brother and myself about alcoholism from a very young age definitely stuck with me.  [/quote]

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