re: Caught my kid drinking

drinking on a tuesday

Teach the kid how to drink responsibly
Make sure he/she has an Uber account
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sleep @ night

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My friends took me to Huntsville and Decatur and I loved it.

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I'm from the county to the west of Hunstville and north of Decatur. Nice places to raise a family (but suck as a single male), and fairly cheap. The Tennessee Valley in general is nice.

I know I'm derailing the thread, but Charlie is a terrible poster (and I suspect a liar), so I don't feel bad.

I think it is difficult for a parent to teach their kids they need to wait until a certain age to do a thing. If they are doing things that you don't think is wrong, but they are just not ready for then you are going to have a tough road in getting him to see it your way.

You can ground him, or otherwise punish him, but that will only work until the punishment is over. It will strain your relationship for the last few years he his home.

At 16, I found out my son smokes and I hate it. I thought of all the stories I heard growing up of things parents did to kids they caught smoking and realized they all had one thing in common; they still smoked as adults. I made him do research on the impact that smoking has on the body and write me a paper. He still smokes, but he is more informed and hopefully he will wise up.

Good Luck.

Let him know youre not okay with it based on simple physical facts of what long term drinking can do, assuming he starts regularly drinking at 15.....try to scare him into it, and make it clear what drinking does. That's really all you can do, because if he wants to drink he'll do it if he wants to bad enough.

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At 16, I found out my son smokes and I hate it. I thought of all the stories I heard growing up of things parents did to kids they caught smoking and realized they all had one thing in common; they still smoked as adults. I made him do research on the impact that smoking has on the body and write me a paper. He still smokes, but he is more informed and hopefully he will wise up.

Good Luck.

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Exactly what I'm pretty much saying. As long as he knows the effects, even though he still may not completely comprehend the impact it can have on your life, friends/family etc.

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Tell him marihuana is the better choice

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this x a million

No hangovers, not fricking fat girls, no drunk driving, better decision making.

Source: I've had many stoned nights and many drunk nights.

Spank him with a belt

I sipped beers at 15-17, started getting drunk around the end of senior year. Stuck to the books brah, if his grades are good I'd just sit his arse down and tell him to hold off. If he sucks at school theres no hope, im sorry.
Be cool about it, otherwise hes going to start popping molly, acid, and blow behind your back.