"I'd rather they do it here with me so I can watch them, they're going to do it anyway"


I think it's a horrible idea and the fact that most of these people seem to let the kids friends over for drinking is insane

I've had friends with parents like this. One of my friends smoked weed with his mother under the same premise.

Terrible idea and one that might end you in jail for a few days depending on what happens.

.

I'd say the same about teenage sex. You know your kid is going to do it. But you don't have to rent the hotel room for him. Let that little bastard get laid in the backseat like the rest of us.

I once bought weed from a chick who was arguing with her mother about who gets to use the bong next.

I only went back there one more time. Very strange situation.

The most wonderful thing about having a job at age 18 was being able to get my own hotel room.

Ya know, if it's senior year summer going into college, and your son and a few frineds have a few beers that's one thing, but the high school drinking is crazy

I don't agree even to this.

one of my best friends always had what i thought to be strange parents
one day we were trying to find weed, he got some and said he got it from his parents
explained quite a bit

One of my business partner's friends had a quarter pound of weed that his mom found and threw out. The kid complained and his parents reimbursed him in cash. These guys are a lot younger than I am. I can't imagine something like that happening with anyone I grew up with and their parents.

The earlier you start drinking and the more you drink at an early age the more susceptible you are to issues down the line. To encourage or allow it is terrible parenting. You should be doing your best to not only not allow them to do it but to make it clear that they shouldn't be doing it.

You do your kids no favor training them to drink for college. They'll just have a head start and become a big drinker quicker.

You're probably right. But the idea of my kid learning how to drink at college with kids who have been drinking for years is sort of scary, too.

Would you prefer they already drink like a junior when they show up? I don't really think that is better.

I doubt many freshman show up and say "I've been drinking in my parents basement for two years, no reason to head to this huge frat party and get drunk. I'm going to stay home and have a glass of wine and go to sleep".

I'm going to stay home and have a glass of wine and go to sleep".

So we're in the backseat and I've got her pants down and suddenly somebody is tapping on the window. I see it's two cops. One of those Sauganash assholes called the cops on me for parking on his street? Fuck! I got out and the younger cop starts yelling at me asking what I was doing. I thought it was pretty obvious. I thought the prick was going to punch me. But the older cop told him to relax.

He took me aside and said, "I've got a kid your age. I'm gonna tell you what I tell him- park in the Forest Preserve."

I'm definitely going to train my children to break the law at an early age so they can be better at it when they are not living under my roof.

Yea, I mean I know you're just being a douche, but I'm speaking under the assumption that like most kids, they will probably drink (or break the law, if we want to be dramatic). Both in high school and in college. I won't encourage them to drink if they don't want to, if that's what you were implying.

Are you going to teach your kid how to drive drunk properly too?

I'd prefer that he has been exposed to alcohol prior to college. A lot of the kids I saw that weren't familiar with alcohol were the ones who ended up really sick or in the hospital. They didn't have any control, and didn't understand how much they can/should drink. They tried to keep up with those who had been drinking for a long time. Just saying I'd prefer a happy medium. Familiar with alcohol, but not a drunk.

At least for the people I knew, not understanding led them to be more cautious. The ones who already knew how to drink went out and drank heavily right from the start. There are a lot of studies about how the earlier you start drinking the more likely you are to have problems later.

The last thing I would want my kids to do is go to college with a built up tolerance for alcohol. Let them build it up there slowly instead of being Frank The Tank at freshman orientation.