Spaulding wrote:
good dolphin wrote:
I have no control over outside influences. I have control over the message I send and I would think my opinion would have influence over that of commercials. I see and have seen through the years far too many parents who promote a culture of drinking. It seems to me the kids in these families also begin drinking at an early age. I will also throw in my gross stereotype/generalization but this culture seems to be more common in ethnic Irish households.
Now have at me, I've probably earned it
My people live in your neighborhood?
I guess some of it is cultural. My family drinks more than my husband's. Never thought of it before but you are probably like him. Do you drink much?i wouldn't think you do.
I don't encourage it, but if they want to try what I have, I let them have a sip. The biggest drinkers I knew in hs and college were the strictest parents. When it comes down to it it's a choice and you hope they make the right ones. I didn't drink much in hs but my friends did.
I'm no teetotaler. I don't treat drinking as sinful. I do not promote drinking. I have used this as just one example in the past, but the guys who pull the wagon holding beer as they take their kids trick or treating I think are an example of promoting a bad image. Now, sure you can enjoy one without an issue but is it really necessary and are you enjoying one when you have a cooler full of them...and the kids do notice. It just seems that for way to many, every social situation includes the consumption of alcohol. That's foreign to me and I want it to be foreign to my kids. At the same time they don't need to run from alcohol like it is some boogeyman one they reach an appropriate age.
Zero tolerance of it is an acceptable goal at this stage in our lives. That may sound strange to say as they are still young but I know plenty of people who recall drinking regularly in grade school.
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