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[quote=Anonymous]I only have little littles right now, but I will absolutely be locking up our alcohol once our oldest is 11/12.

And all you folks saying that you have kids who wouldn't do this, it's only an issue with certain kids, let me tell you my story:

My parents are not heavy drinkers. They had a (not very well stocked) liquor cabinet for parties (maybe 1x per year). I was a fantastic kid. Straight As. Lots of extracurriculars. Teachers loved me. Obedient. Helpful. Never a single discipline issue through all of high school. Literally never missed curfew once. Super nerd, never went to parties or anything. Had a couple small groups of close friends who were all similarly great kids.

Well, I had started sneaking liquor out of that cabinet in 10th grade to drink before sweet 16 parties (learned really early that a drink or two makes you a much better dancer, lol). No drinking issue, only got drunk in "safe" situations (ie. in someone's basement) with my small groups of close friends (maybe three kids at a time). Never had so much as a sip and drove. But I was drinking regularly throughout high school, and was definitely sharing this booze with my friends, too. No one ever got caught. I refilled bottles with water as I finished them. By the time I graduated college, the whole cabinet was water.

Years later, I came clean to my parents - basically when I was 25 and they offered to make me a cocktail "because we've got some vodka and rum around here somewhere" and I had to tell them, umm. No. You have a cabinet filled with fancy bottles of water.

It worked out fine for me - I was very responsible about the booze, and I have a very healthy relationship with alcohol as an adult. And if I knew my kids would behave EXACTLY as I did, I wouldn't worry. But it would have been so, so easy for one of my friends to have had two or three shots and then gotten behind the wheel, and you certainly can't guarantee that your booze-sneaking high schooler is taking their friends keys away before they'll pour them a drink, like I did.

Lock your liquor cabinets, folks. [/quote]

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