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Jacksmommy
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Re: Letting your child try a little alcohol
Posted by NervousNell
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Posted by Jacksmommy
I have an 8 year old and 2 year old. I say no way. Honestly, I didn't grow up getting wine (even at Passover) until I was 21. I also think it sends a bad message that it is acceptable when it isn't (nor is it even really legal) at such a young age. This is why there is the Leandra's law (I may be wrong with the spelling) because parents feel it is ok to give kids alcohol! And for those of you who say it may make kids less curious, it ALSO may make kids MORE curious and they may like it!
Leandra's law is not about giving children alcohol, it is about having a child in the car while DWI/DUI. It ups the charges.
Exactly this. HUGE difference
I meant social host law.
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NervousNell
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Re: Letting your child try a little alcohol
Posted by Jacksmommy
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by BaseballWidow
Posted by Jacksmommy
I have an 8 year old and 2 year old. I say no way. Honestly, I didn't grow up getting wine (even at Passover) until I was 21. I also think it sends a bad message that it is acceptable when it isn't (nor is it even really legal) at such a young age. This is why there is the Leandra's law (I may be wrong with the spelling) because parents feel it is ok to give kids alcohol! And for those of you who say it may make kids less curious, it ALSO may make kids MORE curious and they may like it!
Leandra's law is not about giving children alcohol, it is about having a child in the car while DWI/DUI. It ups the charges.
Exactly this. HUGE difference
I meant social host law.
Oh ok.
Yeah I wouldn;t be serving my daughter's 14 year old friends booze in my home or anything but if she wanted a sip of something at like 14 or 15 I'd let her have it.
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LIRascal
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Letting your child try a little alcohol
I grew up seeing my dad drink wine with dinner, so we never equated it with "drinking" aka getting wasted. It was just an Italian thing to do. We drank water, but once in awhile we'd ask dad to splash a teensy bit into our big water glass, just to have a pink looking drink  in italy, many children have a small glass of wine or beer with a meal. Yeah,, here it's weird but in Europe it isn't
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MrsT809
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Re: Letting your child try a little alcohol
Posted by BargainMama
Nope, I have never done that. My kids are 9 and 18.
No need for it.
If your child wanted a puff of your cigarette, would you let them? Same thing IMO.
I don't think it's the same at all. Once they are of age if they want to drink in moderation that's perfectly fine and not unhealthy but as adults if my kids want to smoke socially or in moderation (whatever that could mean) I would definitely kill them. Totally different imo.
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Sparrow
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Re: Letting your child try a little alcohol
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I am not ok with even a sip at 8 or 9.. Maybe late teens. To me kids need to know that some things are for kids and some things are for adults.
Like when my 2 year old asks what my coffee is. A drink only for adults. I don't say here try a sip of my coffee..
I agree. No way. They've had a sip of a diet coke a couple of times and that's a big deal to them. They've been around alcohol a lot but they know not to ask for that.
This is how I feel also. I always grew up being told that alcohol, as well as coffee and diet soda was all for adults only. I see zero reason to give it to children.
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NervousNell
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Re: Letting your child try a little alcohol
Posted by LIRascal
I grew up seeing my dad drink wine with dinner, so we never equated it with "drinking" aka getting wasted. It was just an Italian thing to do. We drank water, but once in awhile we'd ask dad to splash a teensy bit into our big water glass, just to have a pink looking drink in italy, many children have a small glass of wine or beer with a meal. Yeah,, here it's weird but in Europe it isn't
Here it seems that people are much more uptight about alcohol than in Europe.
Especially in pregnancy. I have seen people ask if they should call their doctor because they accidently took a SIP out of their DHs alcoholic drink at a wedding thinking it was theirs. As if a SIP of anything would cause harm.
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aliwnec10
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Re: Letting your child try a little alcohol
Posted by M514
I'm not comfortable with that. I never had sips when I was a kid (but my parents aren't big drinkers).
same here
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FirstMate
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Re: Letting your child try a little alcohol
Well let's see...I don't think my 5 year old has tried anything and, if he asked, I would tell him no. If it was a foo foo frozen drink, I might let him have a sip but a regular cocktail or wine? No. I'm not comfortable and I'm not sharing either! LOL As for my one year old, he loves grabbing someone's unattended beer and chugging it as fast as he can. Luckily it has mostly been empty bottles. He's gross. This kid is going to give me a heart attack and also be in AA by the time he's 10.
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JME78
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Re: Letting your child try a little alcohol
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by LIRascal
I grew up seeing my dad drink wine with dinner, so we never equated it with "drinking" aka getting wasted. It was just an Italian thing to do. We drank water, but once in awhile we'd ask dad to splash a teensy bit into our big water glass, just to have a pink looking drink in italy, many children have a small glass of wine or beer with a meal. Yeah,, here it's weird but in Europe it isn't
Here it seems that people are much more uptight about alcohol than in Europe.
Especially in pregnancy. I have seen people ask if they should call their doctor because they accidently took a SIP out of their DHs alcoholic drink at a wedding thinking it was theirs. As if a SIP of anything would cause harm.
I had a glass of wine here and there during both pregnancies. I was at a wedding and this woman (that I didn't even know) grabbed the wine out of my hand and told me that I was ruining my child's life. 
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NervousNell
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Re: Letting your child try a little alcohol
Posted by JME78
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by LIRascal
I grew up seeing my dad drink wine with dinner, so we never equated it with "drinking" aka getting wasted. It was just an Italian thing to do. We drank water, but once in awhile we'd ask dad to splash a teensy bit into our big water glass, just to have a pink looking drink in italy, many children have a small glass of wine or beer with a meal. Yeah,, here it's weird but in Europe it isn't
Here it seems that people are much more uptight about alcohol than in Europe.
Especially in pregnancy. I have seen people ask if they should call their doctor because they accidently took a SIP out of their DHs alcoholic drink at a wedding thinking it was theirs. As if a SIP of anything would cause harm.
I had a glass of wine here and there during both pregnancies. I was at a wedding and this woman (that I didn't even know) grabbed the wine out of my hand and told me that I was ruining my child's life.
I would have punched her in the face- pregnant or not! 
I had an occasional glass- or half glass- or spritzer- here and there as well.
All was fine!
My Dr actually told me that in all his years of practice he had never seen a case of fetal alcohol syndrome- not that it doesn't happen of course- but you'd really have to be hard core drinking to do any harm.
An occasional glass of wine here or there would never cause any harm.
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