What do you think about parents who let their teens drink at home?

Question

Im talking about 15-20 year olds who are allowed to drink and get buzzed at home with parental permission. Bad idea or beneficial?

Answer 1

One of the risk factors for alcoholism is the age of first consumption. So in that respect the more someone can delay drinking the better.

Answer 2

Well I think you are giving the child a bad impression though they may think it is cool. You are opening up a door for trouble. I would not allow it my home by any means. I can remember going out to bars at 18 (legal age at the time) and now realize how crazy that was.. but at the time it was cool. My parents would occasionally drink in front of me and it was usually only during a holiday and I can remember getting to drink spiked egg nog once or twice. I can say that I am glad my parents were concerned about the things I did and made sure I did not get into trouble and did not contribute to anything bad. I never smoked or did drugs and I believe it was b/c my parents cared about me.

Answer 3

My parents allowed it at age 16 for me. They said it was to teach me how to handle liquor and they did a good job. There were rules like only drink at home with parents there, stop once a buzz has hit, no leaving to go anywhere once the drinking has been started, and never drink on an empty stomache !! By the time the lessons were over.. I cared nothing for drinking at all !! At age 21..I rarely touched booze. I'd have 3 at most and call it quits. My friends were the ones with hangovers and all. I was fine the next day. I could even recall the previous nights events when others couldn't !

Answer 4

Well my parents let us drink while we were at home and I so when I went out to parties I never wondered what it taste like because it was always opened to us at home. Needless to say my parents never had to come and get me because I had been drinking at a party and could not drive home.

But I also do think it should be under conditions, my parents would never let me go out if I had a drink and they would never let me have too much that I would be drunk.

Answer 5

I think its a bad idea and I wouldn't give my teen liquor, ( he is annoying enough sober lol J/K) I think we need to stop making drinking look glamorous. I'm 33 and i drink maybe 2 times a year. ( 1-2 drinks) I have had 2 beer in my fridge for a year now.

Answer 6

I think it's a good thing (in moderation...I'm talking about 1 or 2 beers every now and then). If they are at home they are being supervised and monitored...they aren't drinking and driving, they aren't going to be drugged and date raped, they aren't going to engage in drinking games and over drink to the point of alcohol poisoning and death, and aren't going to be drinking at some sleazy college party because they snuck out of the house so they could drink...

I know plenty of my friends who weren't shielding from alcohol as older teenagers. My roommate for example was allowed to drink some at home...she went to college and hardly ever went out partying, rarely got drunk, and never even tried drugs. My best friend is the exact same way as well. I myself was raised VERY strict with the idea that alcohol consumption was BAD and it was NOT allowed under any circumstance. So of course, I snuck around and drank at other people's houses and parties...Then I went to college, let loose and waaaaaay over did it because I was finally out of the house. I drank too much and my grades suffered, I went out 5 nights a week and thought that going to class was an inconvenience of my time, I got alcohol poisoning on my first weekend at college!

I think if you allow older teenagers to drink some (not an excessive amount) under your supervision it can be a good thing...then they are less likely to go completely crazy the second they get out of the house.

Answer 7

My parents never allowed this behavior, so I participated at my friends' houses, where their parents let us drink as long as we weren't driving. At first it seemed safe, but one night someone "got out" with their keys and drove home without telling my friend's parents. Luckily, he made it home safe - but if anything would have happened my friend's parents would be liable. Overall, this is a bad idea. Parents of teenage friends should band together and decide their children will not participate in underage drinking at their homes.

Answer 8

somewhat stand your floor! i'm specific you have acquaintances, might you sense ok in the adventure that your son went ingesting with them? What does fiance think of roughly all of the analyze that youngsters who drink at a youthful age are lots extra in all probability to have alcohol themes as adults? (that includes young infants who drank under "supervision") Is it achieveable to have exciting without ingesting? if so, what's the vast deal approximately having him wait? If no longer, than the message you deliver is "drink to have exciting" and finally, how do you deliver the message "that's alright to interrupt the regulation, as long as you are not getting caught." And/ Or "I assume you to make smart alternatives" while pre-approving/ pre-forgiving your son for making unfavourable alternatives "because of the fact he will besides"? upload to all that... no longer something undesirable even has to take place to those young infants for you and your fiance to be in hardship with the regulation. (purely like in the adventure that your son went and purchased smokes for his 17 12 months previous acquaintances, or bought beer for those comparable acquaintances 3 years from now)

Answer 9

I absolutely hate the argument "they are just going to do it anyway, I'd rather they did it at home." Why should we assume the worst about our kids? For one thing, it's illegal. For another, teenager's brains and bodies process alcohol differently than adults. It is harmful. Many teens also have sex, use drugs, get pregnant and drop out of school. Should we just sit back and allow it, because it might happen anyway? What ever happened to parents holding kids responsible for their bad behavior?

Answer 10

Beneficial; if they're drinking at home, they aren't drinking and driving. If they are drinking at home, they aren't have date rape drugs slipped into their drinks. I could go on and on but I won't. My parents were this way with my brother and I. I'm 21 now and have a glass of wine every once in a while.