You aren't making amateur pornography, of course it's fine.

I come from a long line of substance abusers/addicts. We've never allowed our kids to drink at home and, from an early age, have discussed with them the family history and the 'addict' gene we all have. Yet, even I would have allowed my kids to learn to make wine. It's fermentation which is a fascinating 'science' topic and applicable to so many things other than wine making. I also suspect my kids, and your DD, will find the end result disgusting but it's the journey, not the destination.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do your parents know or care? Do they live with you?

DD complained to them.

Not very smart.

She didn't know how they'd react.

That's why it wasn't smart.

Anonymous wrote:The family that ferments together stays together.

Love it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do your parents know or care? Do they live with you?

DD complained to them.

Not very smart.

She didn't know how they'd react.

The family that ferments together stays together.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do your parents know or care? Do they live with you?

DD complained to them.

Not very smart.

I was a little bit older at the time, but in high school biology class we made “wine” as an experiment. Basically grape juice and yeast was allowed to sit in a thermos for a few days. And we were allowed to drink it! (It was awful.)

This really is no big deal, and if anything would make a nice family memory (likely better than the memory from my class).

My grandfather and uncles used to make wine every summer and neither my mom nor any of us grandchildren/cousins are alcoholics. It's not unusual for people who are decsended from Europeans to do that.

Anonymous wrote:The grandparents are wrong.

I’d also let her taste it, personally, at 11. Just taste at appropriate times in the process. But we don’t have a family history of alcoholism.

She has tasted it before (plus at church). Not her thing (yet).