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The shops that keep selling my 16 year old child alcohol? Is it worth reporting?

Call trading standards, they will deal with it.

The parents of the other children will soon enough find out and their issue will be with YOUR child selling to their child. I am surprised no parent hasn’t already been in contact with you

Out of the blue your child said

I buy alcohol illegally
I also buy and then sell to my friends?

I wouldn't be too confident of any action taking place, shop near us sells illegal vapes, fake tobacco and booze to under age, its been reported almost weekly...still in business...no signs of any raids etc.

My child isn't the only one buying, older brothers do this also, and really that's the least of their worries.

The least of whose worries?
Are you implying their parents wouldn’t care?

Older brothers.
they’re 18?

either way op…. You have a VERY serious problem on your hands

your child will find other shops
your child will continue to consume and sell to friends

and how did it come about your child just randomly told you all this, (and then said they had no intention of stopping?)

16? is your child in the midst of GCSEs?

I wouldn't report to the police but I would report to trading standards. They have a process where they will test the shop's ID policy and take action if they need to.

This response is a bit nuts. Teenagers getting pissed and the oldest looking/ with the best fake ID buying for the group is hardly new.

Agree OP should challenge the shop but saying the kid is in dire straights? Bit bloody excitable.

It was something I did at that age too, and so did most people I knew, I'm surprised at some of the reactions here, Mumsnet seems a little sheltered at times. Mine is home at a sensible time every night, and never in a state, they don't tend to drink spirits, I wouldn't even know if it they didn't tell me and put a couple of cans in the fridge. They'll have a pint or glass of wine when out for a meal with us or a special dinner. They never have drunk to excess and they look mature for their age and I have absolutely drilled into them why its particularly dangerous for young people to drink too much. Some of their friends and acquaintances don't have positive relationships with alcohol and yes, sometimes it's been acquired by my child, against my advice, but ultimately I would rather the adults stopped selling it to them. Can a child really be fined? I don't think I've heard of that before

So…
you’re cool with your 16 year old drinking out
and buying for their friends to consume

okay.

and GCSEs? Balancing boozing with GCSEs ok?

So you’ve said to your child not to buy alcohol for the friends that have get drunk and behave recklessly on it… and yet your child ignores you?

Doesn’t your child have any will of his own?

No, they work full time, 17 this year

Oh, ok. A 16 year old that works full time, drinks alcohol and buys alcohol for friends that get drunk and behave badly on it. And ignore your plea for them to stop doing this.

This is above my pay grade, way above thankfully

Report to trading standards.

How are things with your child generally, Op? Sounds like there might be a backstory here.

Yes! They do have a will of their own. That's the problem, it is not my will but their will to be doing this. See it from their point of view, it was the big brothers that helped out until now, new status level unlocked, how many 16 year old boys are going to start lecturing their peers on right conduct? They just want to have fun.

There isn't really, they're otherwise fine.

Trading standards. I work for a council (one of many) that would take your report and send young people in to do a test purchase. This wouldn’t involve you or your child.

My council uses 18-20 year olds to test out the Challenge 25 policy. Some councils are assisted by younger teenagers to do this around vapes.

I think there was a news report this week talking about it if you google, but certainly report.

Where did the bad behaviour come in to this? My child has never been in trouble. I have no reason to believe there's bad behaviour involved, what were you thinking?

Thank you

they buy for others who drink dangerously

your child is buying to sell to others, knowing they drink dangerously
indeed you know they drink dangerously and have asked your child to stop selling to them …. But they have and continue to ignore you

Not many 16 year olds work full time
did they do GCSEs op?

16 year olds dangerously drinking usually comes with bad behaviour

where are they all drinking? In parks?