Would you let almost 16 yr old ds drink at a wedding?

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That's it really. Ds is almost 16 and we're going to a family wedding. On occasions have let him have a couple of small beers. Just wondering generally what other people think is ok. So would you let yr Ds have a drink and if so how many.

Anyone?

Yes, as long as you are in control of how much he drinks.

DSS is almost 16 and has a small glass of wine occasionally with dinner. He soon gets giddy and if any of the GP are topping up glasses I have to watch them (they all like a good drink).

DS is a year younger and he isn't interested in booze at all. A Tango or Coke is a major treat to him though...

Absolutely nothing wrong with a few at a wedding 16. Promotes a healthy attitude to alcohol vs. being allowed nothing until 18 and going crazy.

Thanks feel a bit better. He seems a bit too eager and always wants more than the couple I let him have (he doesn't get more) and don't know whether this should be a worry or if in fact I was probably the same at that age and that's normal.

Yes I would let him have a few.

I would allow the toast and thats it. Almost 16 is, afterall, 15.

Yeah, probably. Almost16 is 15, and old enough to have a pint of beer with your mum. I'd rather my sons first experience of alcohol was a pint at a wedding with me that a bottle of vodka under a railway bridge.

I'd put the limit at two pints though.

The last wedding we went to DD (15) who doesn't drink at all discovered vodka and coke (or rather DB and SIL introduced them). The amount she drank was a bit out of our control. She did have a few over a long time. Nothing bad happened. She got giggly and chatted. She hasn't drunk since then as she won't drink beer and isn't offered spirits at home. I say let him drink. In half pints or bottles.