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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I do not drink, and I do not condone drinking either. I would never bring my kids to a party where alcohol was being served, I understand many adults enjoy a beer or cup of wine, but I do not see why I should be expected to push that on my kids by taking them to parties where alcohol is served. If they choose to drink when they are 21, that is fine, I don't see why I should teach them that drinking or smoking is fine by bombarding them with experiences of people doing either.

As for how I knew DC had less smokers, I had a lot of friends/family in the area who said as much. Also, if anyone spent more then a day in Philadelphia, they would know just how many people there smoke, I would come back home from work (in center city Philly) smelling like old cigarettes from walking down market street during the day time, literally every other person you would pass was smoking. Then I got a job offer in DC which helped me choose as well.

Anyway, I think it is perfectly fine to ask the neighbors to be respectful of my kid's health. They can smoke indoors or in their back yard, why they just have to smoke right in the front where the smoke puts the neighborhood kids in danger is beyond me. [/quote]

You would never bring your children to a wedding?  or allow them to attend a bar/bat mitzvah where alcohol is served to the adults?  Or an office Christmas party where, again, alcohol is served to the adults?  Or a 4th of July party?  Hey, how about a restaurant?  An airplane?

You are setting your children up for drinking problems if you don't allow them to see what responsible drinking is.  Because when they are in high school they will be exposed to alcohol.  And they will see that every evil thing you have told them would happen doesn't happen and they will be poorly equipped to exercise judgment.  Do you really think you can keep them away from alcohol until they are 21?  What about college?[/quote]

OP here- Of course not. I see alcohol being illegal in 5-10 years, and I don't want my kids being part of the group selling their bodies for the last drop of liquor.

When we normalize cigarettes and alcohol we tell our kids that it is perfectly fine to drink a beer with dinner or smoke a pack a day. It is not fine, it is destructive and hurts those who love us. My father was a drunk who beat my mother and me, I have seen what alcohol can to to otherwise loving individuals. People say that it is only one glass, but then my dad would come into my room and hit me and beat me with his belt. [/quote]

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