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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're French, and had our kids taste wine and other alcohols when they pretty young, because in many French families, this is what happens. They didn't like it. So now they're young adults and older teens, we drink extremely rarely (a couple of times a year, maybe), and the children don't usually join us, even though we'd have no problems if they did. I think we all lack the gene that makes humans like alcohol. It does nothing for us. We would definitely NOT be fine with frequent drinking. As PP said, it's not good for your health.
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Teens in France binge drink a lot more than American teens.  Most European countries are the same.   
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Not exactly. Teens in France self report more binge drinking in some data sets. But this makes sense because it is legal to drink at age 16 whereas American teens would be self reporting illegal activity. You would expect to see such a discrepancy.

You have to be careful about interpreting survey data.[/quote]

Maybe but these are anonymous surveys.  And in France the legal age to drink is 19.  You can only drink alcohol if you are with an adult legal guardian.  Hopefully no one is binge drinking with mom.  The rest of the European teens report binging a lot more than Americans.  [/quote]

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