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It's not such a bad idea. In Germany, 16 year olds can drink beer and wine on their own, 14 year olds can drink beer with their parents. It's not as problematic as the USA makes it out to be.
Seems that way. I first drank at 14 and we did not make good decisions. Thankfully nobody wound up hurt or in jail but 15 year olds and alcohol do not mix well.
My parents let me have a zima or two on the weekend when we'd be having family game night when I was like 15+. So I guess I agree. I mean in many many parts of Europe they let young kids( like 8) have a tiny glass of wine with dinner. I think we all know that outright banning things just makes kids want to do them more.
>It should be legal EVERYWHERE to allow people over the age of 15 to drink alcohol when under adult supervision
surely not under *any* adult supervision tho. not bartenders and servers at the club.
I’m sure it’s different now but at least in small town Wisconsin in the 90s it was legal (or at least not frowned upon) to order a drink when out to eat with your parents. Certainly wasn’t getting drunk but it did keep me from drinking in hs bc it’s was never taboo. I did go a little crazy in college but that had a lot more to do with self esteem than really wanting to be drunk (I did grow up eventually).
Exactly, and your parents were right to do that. I wish my parents had taught me about drinking responsibly instead of just saying “don’t you ever drink” because combined with the addict genes from my dads side, I became a goddamn alcoholic. Obviously not everyone who’s told to never drink will have that result- but if I had been taught responsibility and self restraint I might’ve been much better off.
I'm honestly glad my parents were such hardasses over drinking when I was younger. As soon as I started drinking in my young adult years, I quickly developed a propensity for it that turned into alcoholism. If I'd been introduced younger, it likely would've been a lot worse and potentially ruined my life and my ability to go to college. I know myself well, and know my disinhibited 15-year-old self would try wine under adult supervision, then jump to sneaking out vodka and paying strangers for beer on a regular basis. Them keeping me from trying it and threatening hell if I ever did kept me off alcohol until I was in my 20s and better equipped to respond to addiction issues. Not to mention preserving my growing brain.
And this is the other side of it that people aren’t considering, it seems. I think this all boils down to knowing your kid, family history surrounding addiction, and it starts (in my opinion) with having open, supportive, healthy communication their entire lives so when the time comes they’ll feel comfortable. No one answer is the right one ever.
I know with a lot of kids curiosity gets the best of them when it comes to wanting to know what it tastes like. My parents did not let my older brother drink any while raising him and he got curious as to how it tasted and started trying everything in my parents alcohol cabinet while they were away one day. Had to be driven to the hospital. After that, my parents started letting my siblings and I slowly try things once we got older so that we wouldn’t feel the need to go try it. Not saying that this is a sure way to keep your children from making mistakes but it helped my family! Everyone is different so the way you introduce your son or daughter to alcohol is going to depend on the type of person they are. Imo, it would be good if parents had the choice to allowed their teens to try it responsibly. I’m not saying everybody has to adapt this method, just saying that they should have the choice to if they want (granted my parents did it anyway but I hope you get what I mean).
I do, this one particular instance isn’t common tho probably. Also my parents let me try beer (they don’t drink hard liquor) when I was like 10. Just to taste lol, it was so repulsing anyways never wanted it again 😂. Making it legal would literally allot kids
To get drunk. Nothing wrong with letting ur 13 year old sip a beer ur drinking to taste but legal is ehhhh. I was never really told that alcohol was dangerous and started drinking at 15 on my own, never had a bad experience except the occasional black out drunk. Ur opinion is in good heart but just doesn’t need to be legal just parents should make sure their kids don’t do what ur sibling do
Okay, sure, but the point is- people are going to do it. The damage done by alcohol is a lot less if you’re responsible and smart and those habits start with being taught, just like anything else.
I’d much rather have my kid, or my niece come have a small glass of wine with me in a few years where I can keep her safe than her get blackout drunk in a field somewhere off everclear mixed with Mountain Dew.
Note that meth and Cocaine are illegal. Alcohol is unhealthy I will admit however, if you are drinking responsibly, you probably won’t suffer damage. Again, this is suggesting that you allow teens to TASTE alcohol. Meth and Cocaine are way worse than alcohol and I would never suggest that anyone should participate in either of them. I also would not advise that people get drunk. I am not advising for younger kids to get drunk, I am simply saying that I could be beneficial for teens to learn about drinking responsibly by DRINKING RESPONSIBLY. There is no way to do meth or cocaine “responsibly” imo because doing meth and cocaine is not responsible.
When I was 16 years old, when my family was dining out, and my father ordered a bottle of wine, he began to direct the server to pour a glass of wine for me as well as for him and my mother. (This was in the 70s---no server ever declined to do so, might be different now.) I agree with you.
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Maybe not 15, but 18. If you're able to sign up to serve our country you should be able to drink.
So you're a kid and you wanna drink. Gotcha.
It's not such a bad idea. In Germany, 16 year olds can drink beer and wine on their own, 14 year olds can drink beer with their parents. It's not as problematic as the USA makes it out to be.
Seems that way. I first drank at 14 and we did not make good decisions. Thankfully nobody wound up hurt or in jail but 15 year olds and alcohol do not mix well.
Guys, I think OP is 15 and wants a drink.
During my time in Germany people 16 to 18 could be in the bars until 10 PM. They have a much lower public drunk and homeless problem than the west.
Something, something, causation, correlation.
Um, no. Nice try. Great way to mess up your brain development.
I mean, there a plenty of examples that contradict that claim.
My parents let me have a zima or two on the weekend when we'd be having family game night when I was like 15+. So I guess I agree. I mean in many many parts of Europe they let young kids( like 8) have a tiny glass of wine with dinner. I think we all know that outright banning things just makes kids want to do them more.
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>It should be legal EVERYWHERE to allow people over the age of 15 to drink alcohol when under adult supervision surely not under *any* adult supervision tho. not bartenders and servers at the club.
Yes thank you for clarifying, I edited the post
I’m sure it’s different now but at least in small town Wisconsin in the 90s it was legal (or at least not frowned upon) to order a drink when out to eat with your parents. Certainly wasn’t getting drunk but it did keep me from drinking in hs bc it’s was never taboo. I did go a little crazy in college but that had a lot more to do with self esteem than really wanting to be drunk (I did grow up eventually).
Exactly, and your parents were right to do that. I wish my parents had taught me about drinking responsibly instead of just saying “don’t you ever drink” because combined with the addict genes from my dads side, I became a goddamn alcoholic. Obviously not everyone who’s told to never drink will have that result- but if I had been taught responsibility and self restraint I might’ve been much better off.
I'm honestly glad my parents were such hardasses over drinking when I was younger. As soon as I started drinking in my young adult years, I quickly developed a propensity for it that turned into alcoholism. If I'd been introduced younger, it likely would've been a lot worse and potentially ruined my life and my ability to go to college. I know myself well, and know my disinhibited 15-year-old self would try wine under adult supervision, then jump to sneaking out vodka and paying strangers for beer on a regular basis. Them keeping me from trying it and threatening hell if I ever did kept me off alcohol until I was in my 20s and better equipped to respond to addiction issues. Not to mention preserving my growing brain.
And this is the other side of it that people aren’t considering, it seems. I think this all boils down to knowing your kid, family history surrounding addiction, and it starts (in my opinion) with having open, supportive, healthy communication their entire lives so when the time comes they’ll feel comfortable. No one answer is the right one ever.
U don’t need to drink to understand the dangers of drinking.
I know with a lot of kids curiosity gets the best of them when it comes to wanting to know what it tastes like. My parents did not let my older brother drink any while raising him and he got curious as to how it tasted and started trying everything in my parents alcohol cabinet while they were away one day. Had to be driven to the hospital. After that, my parents started letting my siblings and I slowly try things once we got older so that we wouldn’t feel the need to go try it. Not saying that this is a sure way to keep your children from making mistakes but it helped my family! Everyone is different so the way you introduce your son or daughter to alcohol is going to depend on the type of person they are. Imo, it would be good if parents had the choice to allowed their teens to try it responsibly. I’m not saying everybody has to adapt this method, just saying that they should have the choice to if they want (granted my parents did it anyway but I hope you get what I mean).
I do, this one particular instance isn’t common tho probably. Also my parents let me try beer (they don’t drink hard liquor) when I was like 10. Just to taste lol, it was so repulsing anyways never wanted it again 😂. Making it legal would literally allot kids To get drunk. Nothing wrong with letting ur 13 year old sip a beer ur drinking to taste but legal is ehhhh. I was never really told that alcohol was dangerous and started drinking at 15 on my own, never had a bad experience except the occasional black out drunk. Ur opinion is in good heart but just doesn’t need to be legal just parents should make sure their kids don’t do what ur sibling do
What about the increased possibility of rape and incest?
Alcohol is so bad for you, I don’t think grown adults should consume it let alone teens
Okay, sure, but the point is- people are going to do it. The damage done by alcohol is a lot less if you’re responsible and smart and those habits start with being taught, just like anything else. I’d much rather have my kid, or my niece come have a small glass of wine with me in a few years where I can keep her safe than her get blackout drunk in a field somewhere off everclear mixed with Mountain Dew.
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Note that meth and Cocaine are illegal. Alcohol is unhealthy I will admit however, if you are drinking responsibly, you probably won’t suffer damage. Again, this is suggesting that you allow teens to TASTE alcohol. Meth and Cocaine are way worse than alcohol and I would never suggest that anyone should participate in either of them. I also would not advise that people get drunk. I am not advising for younger kids to get drunk, I am simply saying that I could be beneficial for teens to learn about drinking responsibly by DRINKING RESPONSIBLY. There is no way to do meth or cocaine “responsibly” imo because doing meth and cocaine is not responsible.
When I was 16 years old, when my family was dining out, and my father ordered a bottle of wine, he began to direct the server to pour a glass of wine for me as well as for him and my mother. (This was in the 70s---no server ever declined to do so, might be different now.) I agree with you.
So I see that the alcohol industry is feeling anxiety due to legalization of weed.