Who Else Has Little or NO Respect for Under-aged Drinkers?

Question

I realize by asking this, the majority of people who see the question think underaged drinking is now just a part of life. I have never tasted alcohol in my life. I'll repect all appropriate opinions and would like to get some parents' points of view.

Answer 1

Underage drinkers are stupid. They risk throwing everything away just for a bit of fun. I'm 17 and have no intention whatsoever of drinking. Some of my friends do, and every week I'm forced listen to their adventures in drinking while trying not to grab them by the shoulders and yell at them to stop being complete idiots. They don't see any risk in it at all, and seem to think falling asleep and not knowing where they wake up, or having someone barf all over their backpack is something to be regarded with pride. I hope they wake up and see themselves before something really bad happens.

Answer 2

I think under-aged drinking is irresponsible on behalf of society and the minors in question. It's also a problem which we aren't really addressing. My family is italian, so I have enjoyed a small glass of wine occasionally with dinner, even before I was majority. But it wasn't to get drunk, it was to appreciate the taste of the wine and the food. People who don't have the opportunity to understand it that way are the ones who want to go and get drunk for the sake of getting drunk.

I don't like most alcoholic drinks, though I will sip on wine on occasion. It's more culturally acceptable in other countries, like Italy, where the legal age is 15. They just don't see alcohol the same way we do. Every country has it's share of drunks, regardless of culture, but places that embrace a little something ocassionally as a family don't seem to have as many problems with alcohol.

Answer 3

Underage drinking can possibly be an excitng and fun period of ones life or it can be the beginning of a long horrible life. When i was underage we had keg parties every weekend. Music was loud and spirits were high. The fun often ended up with sex. The sex often ended up with pregnant girls. The pregnant girls often ended up at abortion clinics or dropping out of school to take care of their new addition. The proud fathers, not necessarily happy fathers, often had to put their college plans on hold so they could work extra shifts at McDonalds to afford the many necessities that their new bundle needed. These stressful relations often ended in separation and divorce. Now these are not going to occur in every underage drinkers life. It never happened to me. I haven't even touched on the legal aspect or mentioned the disease of alcoholism. I can understand why some young people want to drink and i don't think badly of them i just hope they are as lucky as i was. Better yet-- be smarter than i was and DON'T DRINK!!!

Answer 4

Drinking overall, in my opinion, is one of the stupidest things you can do. What good comes from drinking? I'm no prude, I've drank my fair share of alcohol, but haven't drank for many, many years, as I have no desire to. I've asked some friends why they drink. The response I usually get is that they want to have fun. So, it is impossible to have fun unless you drink? That's just sad to me. As for underage drinking, why? Why go to a party where everyone is under 21 and drunk? I've been to plenty of those too, and not one of them was ever fun. They all ended in half the party puking, or getting raided by parents or police. That is not fun to me. People bragging about how drunk they were and not remembering what happened the night before isn't cool. It's sad. There are plenty of better things to do with your time than spending it not knowing whats going on.
Under aged drinking can also lead to problems in the future. Alcohol abuse as an adult is greatly increased if that person drank as a child.

It is a free country so all are entitled to do what they will, within the limits of the law, but people need to think about what they could be doing instead of wasting their time and money on booze.

Answer 5

I'ts not a matter of respecting the person as much as it is respecting the choice. If my teen daughter chose to drink then called me because she realized she made a bad choice and couldn't drive home I would have far more respect for her than if she chose to drive drunk. I wouldn't ever condone underaged drinking, but I think that there are some kids that could handle it better than people who drink who are over 21. It's all about responsibility. If you can't exercise it you shouldn't be doing it.

Answer 6

I grew up with a European parent who brewed wine, beer and champagne, as did is father and so on. So as far as underage drinking goes I was never told no. My parents always allowed it in the home, and taught me responsibility with it. I had a beer once in a while with my family at a barbecue or a glass of champagne on special occasions. When I was underage I had a lot of friends who drank, I was always the Designated Driver, even once we hit 21, and still am. I watched a lot of my friends go buck wild when they hit 21, most of them were just really hung over the next day, but one of the ended up in the hospital after a car accident. I am thankful that my parents never told me no and I was able to learn my limits BEFORE I was out in the world on my own and able to real damage to myself or someone else. Kids who get reckless because its another way for them to rebel against their parents are just doing what kids do(....the rebelling not the drinking!) Its not respect for or lack of for kids, its just knowing what worked for me, and having respect for that ( i.e. MY parents)

Answer 7

I don't think anyone under 20 or 21 is mature enough to drink without making bad decisions...

But then again, you have to know your limit even if you are of age! One or two beers won't turn you into a bumbling, belligerent fool, but bonging a 12-pack sure will.

I guess I have less respect for a 21 year old who gets flat-out wasted and destroys everything in his path than I have for a 18 year old who can sip a beer without causing any trouble.

Answer 8

I am 16 and i have never and would never drink in my life. I think morally it is wrong, because drinking only makes you do stupid things. And it is not just the underaged but all the ages, drinking is not good at all. People think it will solve problems but in fact it will make them worse.

Answer 9

The parents are responsible for their childrens' actions. When I got caught sipping wine(11 or 12), my parents had a serious talk with me so I had a new undrestanding of alcohol and alcoholism.

Answer 10

i in my opinion think of that persons who dont drink are no longer boring in any respect. a minimum of you are able to have an honest immediately communication with them at a celebration, whilst everybody else whos drunk is mindless to speak to and are falling over and throwing up. people who dont drink are no longer hungover day after immediately an so arent dropping their time over the subsequent couple of days gettin over a hangover. Our society has painted this image that eating is exciting and so people cant have a sturdy time except they drink. distinctive people who drink are denying alcoholics besides, i think of. eating alcohol doesnt inevitably make people "exciting drunks" the two. some people get violent and function a depressing ingredient to them that comes out in the worst way.