Question Of The Day: What Do You Think About Parents Buying Teens Alcohol?

Your playing with fire in my opinion, we as parents have a duty and responsabilty to teach our children to make the right choices in life if we are buying alcohol for them it only opens up too many doors for them to get into more things!Kids these days have enough to deal with.

This is not the right way to teach kids about alcohol and how bad it can be, if you are not responsible drinking it.

Kids can get their hands on anything these days with or without your knowledge as a parent no and ifs or buts. I think education, knowledge are what you need to teach your kids and be open and honest and let them know they can come to you with anything to talk about. I would much rather my child have some beers in the comfort of my home instead of an party where pure pressure and hormones are raging got know what bad choices may be made without you there...

When I turned 18, my mother said that if I wanted a glass of wine with dinner, or if we had a social gathering, I was allowed a drink or two. If I did partake, I wasn't allowed to go anywhere for the rest of the evening.

Honestly, I am glad that my parents were like this because when I did turn 21, I didn't "binge" like most other 21 year olds. When I turned 21, I was more responsible with it and didn't see the need to go out and get wasted.

Parents allowing their older teens to drink in a controlled setting like mine did, I don't see an issue with. Parents buying alcohol and giving it to other parents' children is a huge "no-no". Their kids don't belong to them and don't have the right to say.

Well...It STRICTLY depends on whether they are at least age 18. At the parents own discretion. Even in the cause, it should be limited to maybe about...2 drinks.

Are you kidding me. It's like giving a wolf a taste of chicken. With all the drunk driving when introduce alcoholto them.

Bottom line is, parents should know better. I realize that some parents think that buying the alcohol creates a safe controlled environment for them to drink, but what your ultimstely doing is saying that its ok to drink and that its safe to drink. And it is NOT safe, and it is NOT ok.

First everybody is forgetting many cities in Europe the drinking water is not good and many European countries serve wine with meals instead of water.Under those circumstances setting up an allowance makes sense. Here in the US we are a little more uptight about kids and liquor. I feel let the learn at home not in H.S. bathroom. I have two boys now 20 & 23 we always had wine with dinner I never had a problem with them and liquor.

hey i think buying your kids alcohol r given them the money to do it or them letting them drink at the house with his friend it safer than them doing behind the parents back and usually getting in trouble outside the home or not knowing what my kid is doing....... But the teen had to be 17 or older not really forward the age of 21 being able to drink should be 18 ......

this has to be one of the most ridiculous things i have ever heard i'll be damned if i give my teenager money to go get drunk and act a fool and any parent who would even entertain such a ludicrous idea needs get there head checked and take some parenting classes, your condoning under age drinking then whats next " hey mom can i get some money to go buy some pot?" i cant believe that this is even an issue

Yes but not every weekend. If your kids are going to drink its better for it to be going on under your roof. Then you can monitor their actions and teach them responsible drinking

I grew up when the drinking age was 18. I was slowly introduced by my parents to alchol starting around when I was 15. This way I was thaught to drink responsibly. When I was 18 and could go to bars I knew how to drink without getting drunk and into trouble. I knew a girl who never drank until she turned 18 and then to celebrate she drank so much she passed out and had to be taken to the hospital.

So to me it is obvious that allowing young people to learn to drink slowly they learn to drink safely instead getting killed or pregnant on spring break when drink for the first without adult supervision.

I lived in Germany for a year or two and you could drink beer at 16 but only beer until you turned 18 and they were very safe drinkers because they learned to drink in a safe way and envirnoment.

French and Italian children drink wine with dinner and also learn to drink safely. So by making young adults in America wait to drink until they are 21 is just asking for trouble. It is truly moronic and does the opposite of what it was intended to do, they end up 21 drinking without experience or adult supervision and this is supposed to make responsible drinkers? Just take a few minutes to think about it.

I think its just wrong and the parents should know better.