For Parents: What is your biggest problem with underage drinking?

Question

I dont get why some parents dont mind it all unless you come home and wake up safe the next morning. Those parents only get mad if stuff gets broken or they get caught which is very understandable. Then there are other parents who will hear rumors of you drinking and go crazy about it. They dont want you to have a social life even though when they were kids they did the same things. I just dont understand the thoughts running through there minds. If you dont do it every weekend or when you do come home your not trashed and can walk straight I dont see a problem.

See I dont get when you were kids you Know you drank too

Answer 1

WRONG! MY PARENTS NEVER DRANK. and none of us will ether. there are 4 kids in this family, and none of us will ever drink. my parents dont have to wory, because they raised us right. if a child drinks then it is the parents fault for failing to raise them with common sence.

Answer 2

There are a lot of assumptions in your question. I will answer the basic question, because the assumptions are your own editorializing. I objected to my four children drinking before reaching the legal age because they had not developed the maturity or experience to handle the situations they would encounter while in a artificial uninhibited state. I most importantly did not want them to put themselves in a dangerous situation while in a condition where they were not able to act as rational as their age allowed. Additionally, I did not want them to cut off future options by having unnecessary arrests. This is not to say I was successful. But, by and large, all four kids had an active social life, predominately alcohol free. Now all are over 21 and we drink together when social occasions arise. The thoughts running through a parent's mind when it comes to underage drinking is: I DON'T WANT MY CHILD HURT.

Answer 3

First of all, I DIDN'T drink before I could LEGALLY. Here are some reasons I don't want my son to be around kids who are drinking, or to drink himself.

1. It's illegal.
2. It can KILL you. From poisoning to drunk driving crashes. Being drunk can disable your ability to know you've had enough, and to know not to drive OR tell when your driver is impaired.
3. Your risk of becoming an alcoholic is much greater if you drink at a young age.
4. Your risk of getting or being accused of rape are very high in situations where there is alcohol.
5. You have PLENTY of time in your adluthood to drink legally, and chances are, when you wait until then, your choices will be better.

Those are just a few. Hope that helped!

Answer 4

My parents let us drink occasionally when I was younger. It was nothing like shots but a wine cooler or beer once in a while was acceptable. The thing was, we had to be at home and with mom or dad. I've never driven drunk. I actually went to a funeral 2 years ago for a girl I went to school with. The driver was drunk. She was decapitated when she went through the windshield. Now that I'm 21, I've drank once since my birthday which was New Years Eve. I didn't even go to the bar on my 21st birthday. For this whole situation, I say to each their own.

Answer 5

I'm one of the kids that my parents didn't care if i drank while i was at home, keys stayed with them, i didn't drive etc. Did i drink outside of the home...Of course but i also did call them to tell them hey i've been drinkin mind to come and pick me up and not once did they ever get mad at me for calling them.

Now I see what my sister in law is doing and to be honest with you it scares parents cause i know it scares us. The late night calls from them drunk, the late night hospital trips because they decided that they could ride a bike down the steps barefooted and lord only knows how they got to the hospital cause none of their friends was dry. Passing out, being raped, or even worse killed or actually ODING on booze. Every one is different, people handle alochol differently and parents choose what they think is right for their kids as they see humanly possible.

Answer 6

As a teenager, you don't see anything wrong with it, right? Have a few drinks, get a little goofy, loose the inhibitions...just having fun, right? Well, some parents don't see it that way because they were once teenagers, too. Maybe some of them really screwed up due to drinking, or maybe saw the possibility of their child making a wrong choice (or even someone else making a wrong choice and in turn affecting their child). I was a horrible teenager, and now that I have kids of my own, I'm scared to death that they're going to follow in my footsteps with some of those things. Parents freak out because they're worried. They may trust you, but they sure as hell aren't gonna trust the drunk teens your hanging out with.

Answer 7

Alcohol makes grown mature people act like complete asshats. So, if an immature, child drinks the results can be catastrophic.

Do you know how many kids are KILLED from drinking, or driving drunk? Man, I could type out a two page response as to what the problems are.

Answer 8

The problem is that it's illegal. Drinking when your parents aren't around is dangerous-- think child predators, horny boys, and sluts who want to take advantage of a kid who's not thinking too clearly. Teenagers don't have the best judgement to begin with, and so when you're drunk you're downright retarded. That's why most teens get into car accidents, get pregnant, and get in trouble when they aren't sober. Just find something better to do with your time. Or learn how to party without get smashed.

Answer 9

Doesnt matter if they drank at the time they were dumb if they did! Ages 15-20 over 23% died of alchohol related accidents in 2004. You think they would had died that early if they decided not to use alchohol? Thats why! Thats what my biggest problem with underage drinking is. You cant control yourself when your drunk!

Answer 10

I didn't drink in high school until the last 2 weeks of my senior year and I was always the life of the party and had a great time.

My biggest concerns for underage drinking are: 1) it's illegal (duh); 2) I like my children breathing; and 3) most underage kids who drink, binge drink b/c it's so limited for them they don't even know to do it correctly---which leads back to reason number 2........

I'm living proof that you can, in fact, have a great social life without underage drinking.