Alcohol, Parents and Teens

Question

This is just one of those opinion questions.

Do you think that a parent should make alcohol strictly forbidden or allow a teenager to have a sip of it once every blue moon? I'm not saying to open the booze cupboard and say "have at it"

Please give this question a go. It's for an English paper I was assigned to (I go to an All-Year-Around School)

Answer 1

ha my parents are against underage drinking but they don't know about me. I drink all the time!

Answer 2

By allowing our teens a sip or two here and there, we're allowing them to sample some of what we consume. In no way, is this encouraging a teen to start drinking. It just gives him/her a chance to see what it is that we, as parents, are drinking. It may also give them an idea as to why we like it, or why we don't like it.

The alcohol in my house is not kept under lock and key. Nor was it in MY parents' house, when my brothers, sister and I were growing up. It was understood that (a) you don't touch this without asking first, (b) your friends NEVER touch this under our roof and (c) if you DO drink it without asking us first, have the nerve to drink it in front of us, and do not EVER add water to what we buy. My children live by the same rules.

I don't think the drinking age should be lowered, but if we (the parents) allow you (the teen) to have a little alcohol, I would hope that we could help drive home "responsibility" and "responsible drinking". To not drink to excess is the thing we need to be teaching.

Answer 3

I know about teenagers that have parents that strictly forbid alcohol and the teenagers either lie or have a way too crazy 21st birthday. I think that a drink once in a blue moon is the way to go.

Answer 4

My own beliefs with my daughter have been to let her have a drink now and then if she wants one.  She has always been a very responsible teen and does not like smoking or drugs, and does not like to see people who are drunk.  She knows what the effects of alcohol are and knows that this is only alowed at home with me present.  As long as she continues to be as responsible as she has been I will continue this, if however she starts to show her judgement is slipping I will defininetly have no problem stopping it.