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Opinions on childrens consumption of alcohol
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Posted 9 months ago #
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I let my 3 yr old daughter have a drink of my guinness and now she is well aware of her limits regarding alcohol consumption. She knows that when she's vomited several times and can't walk, that she should only have another pint, then go onto shorts.....
Posted 9 months ago # -
As I lie on my bed, in my airconditioned room, sipping on a Chang, wondering about this deep seated question,
My folks got me pissed by accident a couple of times when I was young on strawberry champagne and sips at a new years party
THey were quite strict on the drink and going out thing. Which I could blame for my massive drink and drugs binge when I was 18-24 or so.
I am sure that if they had let me drink at 11 I would have avoided all that and been a normal law abiding citizen.........however I would never have got to experience the mind blowing high of crack, the loved up feeling of E or the carpet burns on my forhead from one too many wobbly eggs and stella.
Posted 9 months ago # -
I figure if you ban it, they will be interested.
as for your Inlaws kids, if they are nccking pints and getting drunk as a laugh then thats a bit stupid really
but having weak nasty beer in a social environment and not being allowed to get wankered just teaches them about limits surely?
Posted 9 months ago # -
I was allowed to drink wine with meals from the age of around 6, was having shandy and sherry (oh the shame!) not long after, never actually liked the taste of beer when I was little so that was never an option. Alcohol was always there, but the dangers or having too much were made clear - I never met my alcholic grandfather as he died when I was very small.
I'm now 42, and have only been properly hammered 3-4 times in my life, as I didn't enjoy the experience.
From my own experience, I don't see a problem with allowing young people to try alcohol under parental control to stop them being stupid later, but I accept others may disagree.
And I agree with prof. Nutt about the relative harm of alcohol, but I'd suggest that as evidence to relax the other drug restrictions
Posted 9 months ago # -
Has any one said 'You can't give booze to a baby' yet?
Posted 9 months ago #
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