Why are parents so against underage drinking when they(you) know when you were kids you drank before it was legal? I dont know why parents have to give kids that do it responsibly such a hard time when they know as kids they partied too......
2007-06-24 18:15:37 · 11 answers · asked by theoneandonly4251 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
There are many questions like this that we have when we are kids that are automatically answered when we become adults. There are plenty of things that happen to us as kids that we do not want our kids to do or to have to go through. (I did not ever drink so I will not be a hypocrite in any way when I tell my kids not to.)
Unfortunately there is a very small percentage of kids that can drink "responsibily" as you say. The mere act of a group of kids getting together drinking is just a recipe for disaster, and I know, I have seen first hand many of these tragedies not just now as a police officer but I saw it happen to friends when I was in high school (girls raped while they are to drunk to know better, fatal accidents, alcohol poisoning deaths, etc)
I can not say that there are absolutely no kids that can drink responsibly because I have meet a few and these are not party kids, these are kids that like to hunt or fish or go camping and have a beer or two while doing so. To me for the most part "responsible" drinking means just having a drink or two and not getting drunk because once someone is drunk they have no concept of what is a responsible action and what is not. How many kids do you know that just have a drink and never get drunk, very few and even if they do it once or twice it will not last.
I am not much past the "kid" stage myself (mid 20's) so I am not an old folk preaching here but I have already learned about how right my parents were about a lot of things and why they had the rules that they did, the same rules that I will have for my children.
2007-06-24 19:20:32 · answer #1 · answered by CountyMounty 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they have lived through the problems that they could have avoided by abstaining from drinking! So they hope to give the wisdom they gained to their children without the pain of enduring the problems or perhaps even dying due to driving under the influence or alcohol poisoning. This can happen at any time.... however when you are in your teens and inexperienced, life will be the teacher if your parents don't warn you and sometimes the "experience" of underage drinking is the last thing you do in life.
2007-06-24 18:35:03 · answer #2 · answered by Faerie loue 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can remember one good friend and two other guys I hung out with that all died in drunk driving accidents during my high school years.
I suspect a good many parents can remember some friend or other high school acquaintance that either died or was maimed for life because of some kind of drinking incident.
There is no such thing as a kid who drinks responsibly, hell, there are damn few adults that do that.
2007-06-24 20:19:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The parents who push the hardest against some things, are the ones who were burned by those very things.
The way my brother raised his kids, especially the boys, was this: I KNOW how bad I was. I did every bad thing a person could do. There is no way in hell I'm gonna let you ever get away with being as bad as I was.
And he's right about the "doing bad stuff thing." And, his boys grew up with a healthy respect for alcohol and their dad.
Sometimes, those who went before actually learned something worth passing on...
2007-06-24 19:21:58 · answer #4 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because parents have grown up and have learned the dangers of underage drinking. Just because somebody did something in the past doesn't make it OK.
2007-06-24 18:58:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they're kids.
The parents know and have learned from their mistakes. I want my kids to be kids as long as possible. They have the rest of their lives to be adults. I teach my kids not to drink underage and not to have sex before marriage.
That makes life much simpler for them whether they realize it or not.
2007-06-24 18:26:15 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No matter how responsible you are, there is always someone else who is NOT.
Todays world is so much different then it was back then. When you become a parent, you'll understand.
If that sounded like what a parent would say, it's because I am one.
2007-06-24 18:33:17 · answer #7 · answered by Island*Chica 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we remember all the trouble we used to get into while drinking. Oh it was fun, but good decisions were few and far between. :)
We just want our children to be safe. Plus now that i'm older, I realize drinking isn't all it's cracked up to be.
2007-06-24 18:24:24 · answer #8 · answered by Leather and Lace 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because parents love their children and dont want them making the same mistakes they did and dont want them getting hurt
2007-06-24 18:24:47 · answer #9 · answered by uhhuh00123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they love and care for their children and don't want them to get hurt.
2007-06-24 18:20:26 · answer #10 · answered by xist2spire 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋