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i'm curious what the correlation between kids wanting to drink at young ages and parents that drink regularly? my parents never had more than a glass of wine at a party or maybe a beer at a barbecue, and I never had much of an urge to drink while living at home. Sure, I drank in college, but who doesn't?
the point is, if you're drinking a sixer a night or having a scotch after every meal, does that mean your kids are more likely to crave alcohol?
back to the subject at hand: no way would i provide alcohol for my underage kids. this was a BIG deal when I lived in State College, with the police prosecuting several parents over it. the problem is, unless you lock the kids into your house, you run the risk of someone leaving the house and doing something stupid/dangerous/deadly. I'm not running the risk of one of my kid's friends sneaking out at 3am and killing someone with their car.
my parents had a very logical way of dealing with this stuff with my sister and I: their philosophy was pretty much "We aren't going to tell you what you can or can't do, but you know how we feel about things (drugs/sex/booze), and we trust you'll make the right decision." Nothing makes kids want to do something more than when their parents flat out banish it
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