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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Big difference between, on the one hand, kids that have open communication with the parents and either (1) choose not to drink entirely or (2) drink moderately and, on the other hand, kids whose parents have rigidly ensured their children have no opportunity to drink and impose harsh penalty if they get caught.

We have an 18 year old senior.  She has started drinking a bit this school year.  Not a lot, but, following many conversations from her younger years we talk about it because we want her to arrive at college with an understanding of how to keep safe and what not to do.  I don’t want her to be the one blackout drunk every weekend.  I feel like talking with her as the adult she is is our best hope.  Smart kid, a little nerdy, hard worker that also wants to have fun sometimes.

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This is our approach as well with almost-18-year-old senior.  It works for us, much like PP, and has made her (and us parents) more comfortable having a tiny bit of "experience" before she goes off next August.  Some of her friends who are freshmen in college this year who were never permitted to drink at home are now out-of-control partiers.[/quote]

Treating alcohol as the forbidden fruit is not a healthy approach IMO and may certainly make it more tempting, but on the other hand, being permitted to drink at home does not notably decrease the odds of becoming a binge drinker in college.  Just because a kid is allowed to have some wine with dinner now and then in high school doesn't mean they won't want to tie one on at a party.  Even in Europe, binge drinking among the young is becoming more and more of a problem.  I lived in Rome for three years not that long ago and saw it (and read about it in the local press) with my own eyes. And for every sheltered kid who becomes an out-of-control partier in college, there's a high school partier that's likewise out-of-control.  [/quote]

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