To give dd a bottle of Prosecco

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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?

I don't see why not. They're at home and supervised, permission from the parents involved and lets face it you've not handed them cocaine.
Just set rules, quite simply if you make a mess you clean it up

There's a wine with about 3% alcohol. It's a horrible strawberry flavour. I might give them that. Also Lambrini (ugh) is about 5%.

Aldi zero point zero isn’t a bad non alcoholic option.

I’d probably allow a bottle to be shared over the dinner table with food (and so you get a couple of glasses) or one of the low alcohol buck fizz type options between then or a mini each

I'd take a generous glass out of it myself and let them have the rest.

I wouldn’t.

I agree with others - Prosecco is usually 10-11% so pretty strong for them to be having half a bottle each. There’s some bottles of low alcohol sparkling wine (4-5%ish) kicking around that would still give the same feeling and would be less likely to end in one of them puking.

I wouldn't because I don't want to normalise drinking alcohol to a young teenager.

Yeah- the pre-mixed Bellini stuff is a good call.

It’s quite tasty, and the alcohol content is practically negligable-even for the whole bottle.

Having 1.5 units of alcohol each over the night really isn’t gonna make anyone fall on the floor slurring.

I committed the cardinal sin of not RTFT (read most of but not all) before replying, and just scanning back through the other replies found this 'gem'...
@snowflakesnow Op yes you should have a glass or so and maybe dilute theirs a tiny bit with lemonade, they might not notice.

Dear god, if I raised someone who couldn't tell the difference between a decent glass of bubbly and something diluted with fucking lemonade, then I'd be filled with shame.

Would the cocktail wine bottles from M&S be a good alternative? Most of them are about 5% I think, so they could share a bottle without getting drunk

I was shown this website recently - it comes from university research on children drinking. It changed my views, which were that I would allow a small amount supervised once my kids were about 15. I didn't know that the evidence suggests children have no alcohol until 18 and particularly not under 15.

whatstheharm.co.uk

I’d join them in a toast then let them. I suspect at 15 they may have had more than a glass of prosseco. You have a bit glass and then it’s a more moderate amount.

I got a big bottle of WKD for my 16th

No. If 14 year old children want to get drunk, they need to be resourceful enough to sourse their own booze. Kids these days!

no at least not unless its diluted- a whole bottle would floor me

My mum was really strict on not letting me have any alcoho...so I lied about where I was and drank in a park at 15, as did half of my year in school . Im not sure that teens even do that anymore, can't imagine its very cool now! I would allow a small amount a whole bottle is too much but agree a mini bottle could be a good compromise whilst being supervised and safe at home.

I’d give them a glass (or two small ones) but a whole bottle is a bit much at 15.

We used to share a bottle of Martini Branco at 14 (not with parents approval I might add).

I might let them share one with me, that’s two small glasses each. And with food.

Buy them a mini bottle each. Done.

@Oliversmumsarmy

I’m with you on this. Why would anyone give a 15 year old alcohol!!!! They’re 15!!! Why do they have to grow up so quick?

I have a 20(almost 21) yr old and a 16yr old. Neither of them would even have thought of asking me for alcohol for their birthday. In my house it’s 18 only before they can drink. I’m not trying to the cool parent.

My first thought was.... that's only a year older than dd! It seems so young. (Dd and friends are huge goody two shoes!).

Then I remembered my friends and I sharing bottles of Bacardi, vodka and litres of white lightening at that age and thought.... half a bottle of prosecco at home is fine, so long as the other girls mum is in agreement.

I would but more so because they'll find it a bit grim after 2 glasses and realise how shit prosecco is.

Would they be drinking it with dinner, and if so would you eating too? If so I’d get a bottle and share it between the three of you. If they’ll be taking it and drinking it together with a film etc I’d go with a mini bottle each (or maybe three mini bottles, which would be slightly more than if you shared the bottle between three of you, but less than if they had half a bottle each)

I would let them. I used to drink with family at that age and I’m not a raging alcoholic now.

A bottle of wine is about three glasses, which means a glass and a half each. I don't think it is irresponsible to allow that supervised at 15.