Why would any one want to give their child a pretend alcholic drink?

Question

I gues some like starting them out young. This caught my attention when yahoo has some one asking what is bet to serve children being on the front page. Thats just tasteless I think!

Answer 1

It's usually just a smoothie...a virgin daiquiri kids don't know they are getting a non-alcohol version they are just getting something sweet. I know when I was 13 we always went to this nice restaurant and my parents had wine and I would always get a Shirley temple. It made me fell grown up, but I never thought I was drinking alcohol...just drinking out of the glasses the adults were...with a bunch of whip cream on top.

Answer 2

There are a couple reasons:

Kids like to imitate adults (my 5-year-old's favorite words are "I wanna try it!"), so if Mom and Dad are having margaritas or beer or wine or any other alcoholic drink, the child would rather have something like them rather than a soda, tea, or water.

Alcoholic drinks are pretty. They're all kinds of colors, are served in pretty glasses, are garnished with things that can make them look like a fruit punch or a milkshake. Once again, a kids' drink kind of falls flat when the adults get the impressive stuff.

The good news is that if the parents are letting the kids get their own "alkie" drinks, they aren't giving them actual alcohol, even a sip to see what it tastes like. Also, if a child develops a taste for the virgin stuff, it could be that they won't even LIKE the alcoholic stuff later on. I like virgin daqueries (never learned to spell it, though), but I can NOT stand the taste of alcohol, so I'm well past the legal drinking age, and still get virgins by choice.

Answer 3

Okay-I'll bite. I'm first generation here in the US and my parents introduced me to my first taste of alcohol when I was about 6. It was watered down, and I hated it. Throughout the years they would make pina coladas (sp) and Gin and Tonics and offer me one-small amounts of alcohol of course, at first they would let me try the virgin and then let me try one of theirs. I prefered the virgin. Later at 14, I would enjoy a full glass of wine at the dinner table. Being introduced to alcohol at such an early age really proved to be beneficial at high school parties, as I never drank to get drunk, I only would drink if I liked the flavor. Needless to say I became the DD quite often. 21 st birthday, I had no desire to get sloshed. Had my baily's and coffee, went to see my sister and then she tried to get me hammered. (successfully I might add! Bad Big Sister). All in all I think there are times when it is appropriate and times when it is not. But, I can't really make a blanket judgement on the parenting of others. I'm grateful to my parents for introducing and teaching me about the affects of alcohol in their controlled enviornment. I'm happy that the first time I got lit was at home! There are pro's and cons to everything. I think the real placement of accusation lies within each circumstance and the relationship with the child. I would never endorse or condone underaged drinkers to drink any where but within the safety of someones home under the supervision of responsible adults-but lets face it..children are curious. we live in a country where most of the sponsor for major sporting events are liquor companies and then they turn around and market to our children. I think there are bigger issues here.

Answer 4

No he's not a functioning Alcoholic..he's exhibiting very plenty alcoholic habit. Why might you prefer to have him see his newborn and endanger the youngster. you go with counseling and your newborn choose his dad, yet no longer jointly as he's eating that youngster will inherit his dad character and sickness strikes right into a 2d era.tell Dad to flow to tx and to Alcoholic conferences.If he needs to work out his newborn tell him that as long as he retains disappointing the youngster do no longer call you.that's what's annoying Love no longer uncomplicated yet very effectual.the youngster is the only suffering.

Answer 5

Aww, com'on!

This is'ent something that leads to drinking... it might be for some kids, but it's pretty much natural that teenagers start drinking because of advertising, peer pressure... not because drinking a fizzy drink from a champagne-esque bottle.

Answer 6

My 7 year old got mad because she thought I had a really cool shake and I didn't get her one. So I order her a virgin other wise I have to explain why she can't have a drink of mine. She doesn't like me to drink alcohol.

Answer 7

Well I'm 13 and I get a non-alchholic Strawberry daqurie every year wen we have the rice fesival in our town,neither one of my parents drink not even every once in a while THEY DON'T DRINK PERIOD is this the same thing???

Answer 8

Why not just give the kid the real thing. By their example they'e teaching their kids what they get to do when they grow up. They just can't WAIT to emulate their parent-gods.

Parents are giant gods to their children. Whaterver parents do, their children just can't wait to do. Then, when they're teenagers they catch hell for living down to the perfect example their parents set for them.

Alcohol destroys brain cells which never regenerate--in every brain--not just in developing brains. If it's not good for the kid, it's not good for the parent.

This body is the temple of our soul. Why would we want to destroy even one cell of this beautiful temple--this gift from God. It would be like keying a car. Why?

Alcohol is an intoxicant--a poison. Why deliberately poison ourselves.

Pretend drinks are the beginning.

My grandmother and mother were alcoholics. By the time I met my mother (in my 40s [I was raised by my stepmother]), she had deteriorated her brain to that of a 10-year-old. There, but for the grace of God, go I.

Is anyone's brain in such good shape that they would want to destroy even one cell of it?

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Answer 9

When I was little we had candy cigarettes. It didn't start me smoking, or my brothers & sisters either. Maybe the drink thing will be harmless too.

Answer 10

i agree with you....well it's not really a pretend alcholic drink because theres no alcholic in it ....it's just a drink