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    That's how I was raised, my father would let me have a tiny glass of beer with him and my grandfather at family events, I always had a glass of wine or champagne for toasts with the rest of the family at events and gatherings. We weren't allowed to casually drink around the home, we... more

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  • Rated by barondavis4mvp on Jun 18 2008, 3:01pm

    cant be too strict, but cant be too lenient

  • Rated by cornel44 on May 26 2008, 8:28pm

    well, i know for a fact that i binge drink because my parents were straight-edge, so yeah. great article.

  • Reviewed by sshacka on May 25 2008, 8:01am

    I have to agree with this article. First of all, many kids will deliberately do what they are forbidden to do anyway. Second, when preparing your children to be responsible adults, you need to provide them with opportunities to be responsible. Offering your child a small glass of wine every once in a while is not bad parenting to me. Both the parents and the child then learns what the threshold will be. I can remember when I tried to smoke cigarettes as a kid behind my parents back. I was caught and made to smoke a whole pack in front of my parents. It made me sick!! In addition, if a child is given the choice to have a drink AROUND THE PARENTS, it takes the "glamour" out of the unknown fascination. Some kids will find it's not all what it's choked up to be and shy away from it. I know I did!!

  • Rated by Saphyn on May 20 2008, 2:24pm

    I agree with this philosophy. Anything that makes attempts at making something 'forbidden' makes it more tempting just because it is.

  • Rated by TrueParadox on May 03 2008, 8:13pm

    That's how I was raised, my father would let me have a tiny glass of beer with him and my grandfather at family events, I always had a glass of wine or champagne for toasts with the rest of the family at events and gatherings. We weren't allowed to casually drink around the home, we were taught better than that, but we were surrounded by it and neither myself or my two siblings have any sort of addiction issues. The only thing that was forbidden to us was cigarettes and the entire side of my fathers family smoked like trains, including my father. Wouldn't you know it, myself and my siblings smoked. I've quit, but they both still smoke. My kids will be raised the same way unless I notice them developing a problem over it.

  • Reviewed by Alexianne on May 02 2008, 5:28am

    I think you must first judge your child's character. Some people aren't mature enough to make the right choices, even with positive prompting from parents, like this. Hm. But that's IMHO.

  • Rated by MechanicalMan on Mar 18 2008, 8:21pm

    If I ever have kids I might have to attempt this to see if it works.

  • Rated by Chris1051 on Mar 11 2008, 10:18pm

    What I have always said all along/.

  • Rated by gualleygirl on Mar 06 2008, 2:52am

    this is how i raised my kids and i am glad to say it works...it is better for your kids to learn how to manage these things under your watchful eyes...this doesn't mean party with your kids..but a wedding, family occasions and such...my daughter was almost killed by a drunk driver..we must learn how to party safely

  • Rated by Rom-pt on Mar 05 2008, 5:42am

    Letting kids drink early reduces binging. Completely disagree with this. From what I've seen this actually has the opposite effect.