To give dd a bottle of Prosecco

[pasanda]

DD is 15 tmrw and has a friend coming round tonight to celebrate before we go away for a few days tomorrow.

She's asked for a bottle of Prosecco for them to share, to celebrate.

Would you let her?

A nice half bottle maybe. A whole bottle is three glasses each.

She’s just turning 15, a bottle is too much IMO, and would prefer to offer a glass/ mini bottle or 37.5cl bottle between two, with food.

Just out of interest, how do those who think 18 is the magic number feel about it being perfectly legal, in England, anyway, for a 16 yr old to have alcohol in a pub with a meal, as long as they are accompanied by an adult? And that it is apparently perfectly legal for minors over 5 to be given alcohol at home?

I'm a realist when it comes to the UK cultural norm (not ideal, but it is what it is) for pre-18 teenagers and alcohol consumption, which absolutely is commonplace with or without parental approval, but even I am at the latter fact.

strict parents don’t really breed rebels

Lol

I'd get permission from other parent first x

LaFreaka you are soooo right lol

And this idea that parents are either cool or strict is nonsense - there are many shades in between but the really strict and the really cool parents do exist and I’m guessing their kids are pretty miserable living either of the extremes.

On my first day at university I met a young lad whose parents had never allowed him to drink alcohol. He was crazy excited for his new freedom.

That night, he drank a litre of vodka and choked to death in his sleep.

For my 15th birthday my mum threw me a huge birthday party where I was openly drinking. I was never one for getting blind drunk and I was quite mature for 15. Even now in my old age I barely drink and have always been that way! My 15yr old had a Chinese meal for her birthday and no alcohol was involved. I allowed her one small glass of white wine with Xmas dinner and she said it tasted like paint stripper and didn’t want it! She does not possess the same emotional maturity I did at the same age so I would not trust her to drink half a bottle of Prosecco! I think it depends very much on the child and how responsible they are!

@WatcherintheRye

I think the law, about drinking at home from 5yo, ought to be changed.

Per my earlier post, research shows that children who are introduced to alcohol by their parents, as minors, are more likely than those who didnt drink u-18 to develop alcohol related problems. That said, once they get to about 16, it is culturally normal for children to try alcohol, to the point where I think criminalizing it would be futile. But the 5yo threshold seems ridiculously low and harmful.

In case anyone is interested, this is a study into the effects of early-introduction to alcohol, which I believe is the largest of its kind

www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(17)30240-2/fulltext

Filbert mad isn't it, can't take kids out of school as it's against the law but you can let your 5 year old drink alcohol as that isn't

The US doesn’t have the amount of problems with drinking compared to Europe.

They have a no alcohol under 21 rule.

Yes there will be those that drink under that age but not as many as those in Europe.

Let’s be reminded that countries like France where children are taught from a young age to drink have a really bad problems with alcoholism.

I'd get permission from other parent first x

She did and her party was on Sunday.

@Filbert that study was for 12 year olds - is anyone on this thread talking about 12 year olds?
Children in grade 7 (mean age 12 years), and their parents, were recruited between 2010 and 2011 from secondary schools in Sydney

I suspect that many of the mums on this thread have actually given their 12 yr olds a little drink or two.... though the thread itself is actually about someone who was 14 a day ago.

LaFreaka

The study followed 12 year olds from 2010 to 2016 so from the age of 12 to when they were 18 they were surveyed annually.

Not just when they were 12 years old

I doubt people will be interested in that study. Why ruin 'i reckon' and anecdotes with data?

@LaFreaka

The participants were recruited for the study as 12 year olds but data collected from that age until the age of 18; some were introduced to alcohol at some point during that period, others weren't. I don't think you understood the study.

Yeah I would the other parent has said it's okay so can't see a problem.

@pasanda just wanted to say I hope all went well this weekend. I was thinking about you enjoying the rest of the bottle - so much so you inspired me to finish the bottle of wine.

For that my friend, I love you! 😂 xx

RZNW - Hope it was delicious!

I doubt people will be interested in that study. Why ruin 'i reckon' and anecdotes with data

Or they don’t understand it