annR said:I used to think that allowing kids to start drinking in a civilised way at home over a meal was a good idea . . . .but now I'm not so sure. . .especially when you consider that so many alcoholics actually drink at home. There's probably plenty of people who drink at home and who are border line alcholics but don't even realise it.
Janet said:This is a good point - it's not merely about allowing kids to drink at home, it's more about setting them a good example. There are quite a lot of people (in my experience at any rate) who adopt a "do as I say, not as I do" attitude when it comes to drinking. They feel that by allowing their younger teenagers to have a glass of wine or beer at home on a weekend or at speciall occassions they are instilling a responsible attitude to drink in them. Yet these same parents get completely pissed a couple of times a week for months at a time followed by a couple of months of not touching a drop followed by more heavy drinking at the drop of a hat. Judging from the kids' reactions and experiences to drink so far the majority of it has involved following the example set by the parents of what's okay to do rather than what the parents say they should do.
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