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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The person who wants her child to wait until he's 25 to have a beer is the same person who will want to pick out her child's first house, his spouse, and to name all the grandchildren.  Did you also choose his major and his college?  You sound like you have some boundary issues.[/quote]

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You clearly don't have any alcoholics in your family. Asking a kid with a genetic predisposition to alcoholism to refrain from drinking until after the brain matures more is reasonable, not controlling.  People under 25 become dependent on alcohol faster and more easily than people over 25.  People with a genetic predisposition to alcoholism are more likely to become dependent.

We have this issue in my family. I have told my kids that they should not drink before they are 21 and its legal, and I would prefer them not to drink until they are 25.  They are not allowed to drink in high school and I will jump on them with both feet if they do.  If they drink in college, they are adults and it is their choice, but I have made it very, very clear that drinking while underage is a terrible idea for people in our family.  I'd rather they smoke a little weed than drink (and they know that, too.)[/quote]

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