To think children should be allowed to buy wine

[LynetteScavo]

Quality wine, which is obviously going to be consumed by the parents during dinner.

The government could give out wine passes to families with an child old enough to go to the shop, but who also have younger children who don't want to be dragged out shop by a parent.

I used to buy Dad's tobacco - it was in the yellow packet, can't remember what it was now.

We made ashtrays in art class as well!

OP YANBU, it is just making life difficult for us hardworking parents IMO.

um the kid with a note is still standard practice in small villages that I know.

Came in handy as a teen sending pal's wee brother for diamond white.

I used to be sent for my dad's fags or cigars to the local shop. Old Horace knew. Bit unlikely a 12 year old girl smoking 5 Hamlet tbf.

I dunno... we could have puffed on them together whilst quaffing my claret!

Brilliant idea. Would it be restricted to Waitrose though? Don't think we have one of them in Dundee. Perhaps Tesco could do a Finest ChateauneufdeKids.

Who buys ashtrays? DH has acquired several when on a night out.

Brilliant idea...

looking at my 9 week old and he doesn't look up to it. Damn.

would you send them out to the off license at 9.30pm on a friday night when you had finished your last bottle?
They could pick up your takeaway on the way home while they where at it

yep my mum sent me to the village shop for wine from when i was about 11 (child of the 70/80s again!). Shopkeeper didnt bat an eyelid.

Though i was rather perplexed one day when i got home and she told me off coz the wine i got for her was 'cheap rubbish' in her defence it WAS Blue Nun - well what did i know??!

A teacher in our primary used to send us down to the shops every other day for the paper and 20 cigs. He'd set us 10 questions and disappear off to the toilet with both.

Sounds absolutely unbelievable now.

once i could walk to the shop i was my parents dream. always sent for fags and sanitary towels by my older sisters. and on a sunday the papers, coke, bacon, eggs, soda, sausages etc. and when i was about nine i had to make the breakfast for my very hungover parents and bring it up to them. this was in the mid nineties too, not that long ago, you'd get arrested for doing that now.

My aunt sent her nieghbours children to get fags for her one day and they wouldn't give it to them. she was furious and still hasn't quite gotten over it.

i can't wait for my dd to be old enough to send to the shops for my hangover coke and snickers. though she will probably have to be 16 to leave the house unaccompanied due to child safety going mad, and if she is anything like me will probably be too hungover herself.

My pram has a holder that would fit my hipflask of rum very well now I think of it...

And I thought the point of having children is that eventually they're old enough to make you a cup of tea.

You've opened up a whole new world of possibilities here.