have grown up with a big family that drinks alot. my granma has eight brother and sisters. and they are all big drinkers. and she will have card parties were they play penucle and they drink and cuss and have a good time. i have heard dirty jokes. and they don't mind kids cussing. they are all great people, they will stay up until 6 in the morning playing cards and drinking.
i notice alot of people think it's wrong to have kids were there is alcohol. but this is how i was raised. i think it's fine. they have let me taste alcohol. i actually think kids are more resonsible with alcohol when raised like this. i want to know why some people are so offended by this envirernment? i am a good kid and so are my cousins and my sisters and it is so much fun growing up this way. i have so many great memories. i wouldn't change a bit of it.
why do people get offended by this? why do people believe kids should be know were around alcohol? what are your opinions on this?
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just so you know, i have a really great respect for alcohol, and from what i know so do my cousins my age.
and they don't drive home after drinking. my aunt and uncle who live like an hour away from me stay at my granparents house. and everyone else lives like a block away. i have only seen one person drink and drive.
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i don't want people to think these people are bad. it's not like they teach us bad things, they just have fun.
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i want to make it very clear that these people aren't alcoholics. aslo my grandpa was a school janitor, but he hasn't ever drank even a drop of alcohol. and my grandma worked at a dry cleaners, but they both raised 5 of my grandpas sisters after his parents died. when they had no money to begin with, and today they have one of the best housed in our comunity. my other uncle served in the army, and one owns his own bisness, one of my cousins owns his own bank chain, ones a fire rescue person.
so these people do have good jobs. and they don't live in crappy houses. most of the people are pretty well off.
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and we were never offered like whole beers. it was always like a sip of whine or something.
2007-07-23 06:30:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Alot of people think that children can be influnced in a negative way when raised like this, but I disagree. I think that if we arent exposed to these things in a responsible setting and with a loving family then alcohol can seem like a forbidden fruit of sorts to adeolecents and teenagers, and they will succomb to peer pressure much easier. I think the stigma of the abusive drunken parent has seeped in to some people and they can't see alcohol being used as it should be, with responsibility for recreational purposes. I too grew up in a home where the beer flowed freely- My father would have friends over and they would play poker and cuss and all that too. I tasted a beer before I even knew what it was, and I am no alcoholic- I drink responsibly and have respect for myself and others. Unfortunately, thats just how society is.
oh, and Who Loves Ya? what a stupid *****.
2007-07-23 06:43:57 · answer #1 · answered by GiGi! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure we are not related? I drink in front of my kids and sometimes to excess. My golden rules are; there is always an adult present that is not drinking and I will never drive while drinking.
I lived for over 12 years in Germany and they raise their kids around alcohol. There is less alcoholism in Germany than in the United States.
There are some people in this world that will complain no matter what, so I'd let that go in one ear and out the other.
2007-07-23 06:49:34 · answer #2 · answered by Brad M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it isnt so much growing up around alcohol, as it is teaching children the concept of responsibility. responsible people rarely have problems with addictions.
2007-07-23 06:51:55 · answer #3 · answered by richard b 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you and your family have the free will to do whatever they want as long as it does NOT interfere with the free will and rights of others OR violate the laws, rules and mores of the society, culture or country in which you reside.
2007-07-23 07:22:09 · answer #4 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's like everything else....people can only look at extremes...and I agree with you about teetotaling parents (those kids tend to go crazy)
2007-07-23 06:37:19 · answer #5 · answered by Chickenfarmer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are living in the 'real' world with a positive attitude. You are to be commended.
2007-07-23 06:34:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
some people think its bad
2007-07-23 06:33:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ummm holly cow that was a long question
2007-07-23 06:33:36 · answer #8 · answered by perpetaully sarcastic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh wow they're well off? they must have a Double Wide trailer.
2007-07-23 06:39:54 · answer #9 · answered by Who Loves Ya Babe 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋