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Posted on 10/23/23 at 9:39 am to CatsGoneWild
quote:I am all for teaching them this and they know it but I also don't think my kid will become an alcoholic because she had one drink with me.
How about, don't drink with your kids and act like drinking is ok? How about teaching them the negatives about drinking
Posted on 10/23/23 at 9:39 am to BeerMoney
quote:damn, 13 seems pretty early
We tell our 13 year old girl if she wants to try
Posted on 10/23/23 at 9:40 am to tigafan4life
quote:
I also don't think my kid will become an alcoholic because she had one drink with me.
if anything, our daughter is the booze police of the old lady and me
Posted on 10/23/23 at 9:43 am to 777Tiger
Mine too. She will be like ohhh mom drinking tonight...and I am like girl...I have had a half glass of wine LOL Calm down.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 9:43 am to tigafan4life
quote:
She loves it but her major is tough
I hear you. I graduated in physics…if I had one computer program I work with now, MathCad Prime, it would have been so much more enjoyable. Probably harder though.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 9:44 am to Gaston
Our two-year-old toddler waddled over to the living room end table, picked up an ice-cold tall boy I was drinking, and chugged it down in front of his grandma and me.
I was proud. Grandma nearly had a heart attack.
That kid grew up to become a likable, successful adult who doesn't drink very much.
If you don't make alcohol seem weird to your kids, they're less likely to let it ruin their lives.
I was proud. Grandma nearly had a heart attack.
That kid grew up to become a likable, successful adult who doesn't drink very much.
If you don't make alcohol seem weird to your kids, they're less likely to let it ruin their lives.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 9:45 am to Lawyered
quote:
If my mom and I are eating, we will drink up
If my dad is with us, nobody drinks.
It’s stupid. But he thinks that drinking with your kids is bad parenting and I’m in my 30’s and It’s an argument and discussion we would just all like to avoid
Completely abstaining just to do it is some committed mental strength.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 9:48 am to Loup
quote:
think I was 18 before I had a beer in hand with my parents around. I just never tried it before that. We were always taught that drinking was fine in moderation and when driving/firearms aren't involved. My mom/dad weren't big drinkers, though.
Despite being pretty hard partying from like mid HS onward, I don’t even recall when I had a real drink around my folks because I never associated Fam events with drinking, that was for friends, parties, clubs, etc.
So my answer (if I knew) would probably be much higher (older) than it would seem.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 9:55 am to Gaston
My parents knew I drank around 18 and it wasn't going to be something I'd get in trouble for. But I was never just going to drink in front of them at events or anything.
Granted I have a drinking problem and have been sober for 2 years. And really had the problem back to when I first started. I drank to get drunk, very drunk, so not like I was going to drink much at family gatherings anyway.
Granted I have a drinking problem and have been sober for 2 years. And really had the problem back to when I first started. I drank to get drunk, very drunk, so not like I was going to drink much at family gatherings anyway.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 10:01 am to CatsGoneWild
quote:If a kid wants to drink, they're going to drink. You can preach all the negatives in the world. For some kids, it just makes them want to try it even more. Kids who have strict parents are usually the ones who wild out the most when they move away to college or out of their parents' house.
How about, don't drink with your kids and act like drinking is ok? How about teaching them the negatives about drinking
Would you rather your high school kid having a few drinks at home and being able to learn how alcohol affects them while they have parental supervision around? Or their first drinking experiences being at house parties where they have other kids encouraging them to keep hammering drinks and then end up blackout drunk with nobody looking out for them?
This post was edited on 10/23/23 at 10:21 am
Posted on 10/23/23 at 10:08 am to Tiger Prawn
I think i was 16 when i first got shite faced in front of my dad which was at an LSU football tailgate. Me and a bunch of my buddies helped ourselves to the work ice chest
Good times
Good times
Posted on 10/23/23 at 10:13 am to Gaston
This thread seems to come up every few months.
I know it's Louisiana, where drinking is the norm. I certainly did in HS...we'd sit in the Shamrock liquor store drive thru for daquiris on Fri/Sat nights just like all the other kids. As a result, I had some close calls I try not to think about.
But I'm older w two older teen boys and have seen the damage alcohol has done to family members and friends. They've seen it too. While I drink just a little now and my wife does too, they see our pool parties, etc., and know that alcohol is present. But it's not an important part of our lives.
I know my boys have tried alcohol. The older one just out of high school does not drink or use drugs. The younger one will occasionally but I ask him and he'l tell me, yeah Dad, I drank a beer at the golf course yesterday.
My younger one had a small party in my shop w some of his HS football buddies when I was out of town last year. They obviously drank and I addressed it then, that no underage drinking (especially him) is allowed on our property. He hasn't had any more overnights here since then and rarely goes out for them elsewhere.
I'm not worried about my older kid. I know he's tried it and it has no mystery for him. And yes my younger one may go off the deep end at college but I doubt it. He's seen the damage done to his relatives. It's personal for him.
I know it's Louisiana, where drinking is the norm. I certainly did in HS...we'd sit in the Shamrock liquor store drive thru for daquiris on Fri/Sat nights just like all the other kids. As a result, I had some close calls I try not to think about.
But I'm older w two older teen boys and have seen the damage alcohol has done to family members and friends. They've seen it too. While I drink just a little now and my wife does too, they see our pool parties, etc., and know that alcohol is present. But it's not an important part of our lives.
I know my boys have tried alcohol. The older one just out of high school does not drink or use drugs. The younger one will occasionally but I ask him and he'l tell me, yeah Dad, I drank a beer at the golf course yesterday.
My younger one had a small party in my shop w some of his HS football buddies when I was out of town last year. They obviously drank and I addressed it then, that no underage drinking (especially him) is allowed on our property. He hasn't had any more overnights here since then and rarely goes out for them elsewhere.
I'm not worried about my older kid. I know he's tried it and it has no mystery for him. And yes my younger one may go off the deep end at college but I doubt it. He's seen the damage done to his relatives. It's personal for him.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 10:15 am to texn
My folks were not drinkers, though my dad and his buddy made lots of wine. I was probably in my late 20s the first time I sampled his wine, at least in front of him or had a beer with him after a fishing trip.
Now, I first sampled his wine when I was 14, but not in front of him. He and his friend made lots of wine, but they didn't drink much of it.
My child was in college and of legal age when I first drank alcohol with her. Alcohol is not a big part of our lives, though I do enjoy a good whisky now and then and she often gives me a bottle for Christmas.
Now, I first sampled his wine when I was 14, but not in front of him. He and his friend made lots of wine, but they didn't drink much of it.
My child was in college and of legal age when I first drank alcohol with her. Alcohol is not a big part of our lives, though I do enjoy a good whisky now and then and she often gives me a bottle for Christmas.
This post was edited on 10/23/23 at 10:18 am
Posted on 10/23/23 at 10:17 am to WigSplitta22
We’re alright, y’all go in the game…we’ll watch y’all’s stuff.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 10:23 am to Gaston
My son and I shared a liter of Dago Red at a restaurant in Venice, IT when he was about 10 years old. We were eating dinner and had about half a liter left and he wanted to go home and asked me when I thought we would be leaving. I told him we would leave when I finished the wine. He waited about 10 minutes and asked if he could try a sip. I told him yes...and before I knew it he tipped up the carafe and drained the damned thing. The wife and I were dumbfounded. He was drunker than a bicycle about 10 minutes later and was no longer interested in going home...we had about a 30 minute walk and it took us about an hour LOL. It was fun and harmless but by US standards we were guilty of child neglect at best. In Europe, not so much...
Posted on 10/23/23 at 10:27 am to Tiger Prawn
quote:
a kid wants to drink, they're going to drink. You can preach all the negatives in the world.
Wouldn’t this apply to all bad behavior? We think drinking is socially necessary so we teach our kids? What about other potentially detrimental behaviors?
Posted on 10/23/23 at 10:29 am to Gaston
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’m not acting like the kids don’t drink…just saying it seems less relaxed than it used to.
Lord...seems the opposite is true to me. My kids go to parties every weekend and I know they are drinking. (They are going to regardless of what you do...so my take is don't make it the boogeyman. Be open and honest about it, and then they won't hide it from you or sneak off to do it.) Shoot, they are taking buses to dances that are loaded down. The plus side is that they are on buses and not driving around. We drank like fish when I was in junior high..and we snuck around, drove around. Wonder that we didn't get killed. Never told the parents, of course, but when we got to college, we didn't go nuts with it because it was no big deal. I know where my kids are each night and they are honest about where they are going. (Party at x's house) They always have a driver, and know I'll come get them if they get in a bind. I don't give them grief, and if they want to drink a beer with me at the house, I'd much prefer that then them on the roads. Just my perspective having been through this a time or two.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 11:20 am to DomincDecoco
"Dont make it a forbidden fruit brotha
Teach moderation not abstenation
And you might consider weed as well, theyll want to try it soon if they haven't already."
Youve taken some heat for this message, but I agree. Kids who enter college with no clue how to handle alcohol usually end up the worst off. Marijuana should be treated the same. Its readily available to kids. You can choose to be ignorant of that of help your kids know how to make the right decisions.
Teach moderation not abstenation
And you might consider weed as well, theyll want to try it soon if they haven't already."
Youve taken some heat for this message, but I agree. Kids who enter college with no clue how to handle alcohol usually end up the worst off. Marijuana should be treated the same. Its readily available to kids. You can choose to be ignorant of that of help your kids know how to make the right decisions.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 11:34 am to rumproast
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Party at x's house
That’s pretty much where we are. He has multiple friends with ‘pool’/‘man cave’ houses…lucky mostly girls. Folks are always in the main and I’m sure all the places have cameras throughout. Not saying they’re being angels…but we’re not directly condoning anything.
No reason not to trust them…besides the fact they are young and dumb.
This post was edited on 10/23/23 at 11:35 am
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