oh I totally agree on that (just wanted to make the distinction that no matter whether its a sip or a whole beer, its not illegal)
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Originally Posted by namako
So, if your parents had allowed alcohol in their house you would have been 14 sitting in your living room with the neighborhood kids drinking koolaid punch made with whatever just to see what it was all about and usually ending up pretty sick?! How is that better or more responsible? Perhaps more comfortable, but not certainly not respectable.
I would be embarrassed to have my children drinking, thinking that I was not a good parent. It is irresponsible and disrespectful to break a law on purpose in front of your children. It just is. It shows them that the are separate from society and not a part of it.
It is very different to allow a child a sip of wine from your glass than to "allow alcohol" and to actually buy it for them. I cannot imagine looking at my daughter at 16 and saying, "Mary, Im on my way to the liquor store. Do you have your list written?" or "Dont forget to salt the rims, dear." Please.
Drinking is an adult pleasure. We have so few of them.
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No, if my parents had ever let me have a sip of something now and then so I could see what it tastes like I probably wouldnt have been sneaking off and drinking concoctions that other people came up with and getting sick from them. I never said there wasnt alcohol in the house, I said they wouldnt let me have any and it was under lock and key so there was no chance of me getting to it