Anonymous wrote:No. Everyone I know who started drinking at a young age is now an alcoholic.

Anecdotal "evidence" is not evidence at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure what the research says, but I always assumed it was a way to make alcohol not a big deal, but my son's friend was allowed alcohol from an early age ranging from a sip to eventually a glass and the kids (big family) all struggle with alcohol if not full blown alcoholism as teens and young adults so apparently it didn't work in that case.

What the research says (it validates your observation):

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6521692/

https://www.jsad.com/doi/10.15288/jsad.21-00437

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure what the research says, but I always assumed it was a way to make alcohol not a big deal, but my son's friend was allowed alcohol from an early age ranging from a sip to eventually a glass and the kids (big family) all struggle with alcohol if not full blown alcoholism as teens and young adults so apparently it didn't work in that case.

What the research says (it validates your observation):

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6521692/

https://www.jsad.com/doi/10.15288/jsad.21-00437

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Anonymous wrote:I guess this depends on your commitment to sit down for a family meal regularly. If you’re relying on Uber Eats or DoorDash to feed your family you can just move along from here.

We pair a bottle of wine with our family dinners. Allowing our teens to enjoy wine with their meal serves to demystify alcohol. It has served us and them well.

No. It's illegal to serve alcoholic beverages to anyone under ,age 21, even at home

Varies according to state and country.
In the USA, some states allow children of any age to even drink in bars, as long as the parents are with them and pay for the drinks.
Most states allow minors to drink under the supervision of the parents or on parentally owned property if the parents are not immediately in their presence.

Anonymous wrote:Enough research has come out about alcohol that we just don't think it's worth it to even expose them. I feel the same way about alcohol as I do about food sprayed with glyphosate, cigarettes, vaping or lunch meats. the reseach is strong enough-bad news.

That is basically impossible to avoid now unless you grow and raise 100% of your own food. Seriously it is in everything with corn products, and everything that eats corn products, and that's just one plant it's used on.

Anonymous wrote:I guess this depends on your commitment to sit down for a family meal regularly. If you’re relying on Uber Eats or DoorDash to feed your family you can just move along from here.

We pair a bottle of wine with our family dinners. Allowing our teens to enjoy wine with their meal serves to demystify alcohol. It has served us and them well.

Beer was the go-to, as wine is worse for your health due to the sulfites and sugar.
Natural unpasteurized and unfiltered beers with active yeast still.

No, nor do we use delivery services.

Not sure what the research says, but I always assumed it was a way to make alcohol not a big deal, but my son's friend was allowed alcohol from an early age ranging from a sip to eventually a glass and the kids (big family) all struggle with alcohol if not full blown alcoholism as teens and young adults so apparently it didn't work in that case.

Enough research has come out about alcohol that we just don't think it's worth it to even expose them. I feel the same way about alcohol as I do about food sprayed with glyphosate, cigarettes, vaping or lunch meats. the reseach is strong enough-bad news.

We offered DS a beer or a little wine on special occasions (such as a tasting glass of Guinness on St. Patrick’s Day) when he was 18-20. He never really liked it and still doesn’t now that he’s 21. I spent my teen years in Europe and was offered a little wine or beer at dinner a few times a year. However, I really don’t see any value in regularly giving teens wine or alcohol.

My parents would offer me wine with dinner after I turned 18. Never cared for it but it made sense to me to wait until I was an adult since I couldn’t legally drink outside of the house before then.

We have never used DoorDash or UberEats and have family dinners most nights, but we don't drink alcohol every day. Our teens were allowed to taste alcohol on special occasions, but why would you drink every day and also offer it to your teens? Does not sound healthy at all. And we are European.

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Anonymous wrote:We aren’t alcoholics that drink every day.

Oh, this is so tiresome. If someone has dessert every day, do you say they have a "dessert problem" or are a "chocoholic?"

NP. Yeeeaahh, that’s the same.

Driving Under the Influence of Cake

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Anonymous wrote:We aren’t alcoholics that drink every day.

Oh, this is so tiresome. If someone has dessert every day, do you say they have a "dessert problem" or are a "chocoholic?"

Chocolate is not a neurotoxin like alcohol is.