How much alcohol for a 15 year old?

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If your 15 year old was going to a party (supervised by parents at the house) how much alcohol would you allow them to take with them?

I would give mine 2 of the small cans of weak pre-mixed cocktails.

Saying zero means that they are 99% going to share other peoples drinks more than likely to "fit it" They do not know what they are drinking or the strength of the drinks.

In an ideal world it would be zero, but if their peers are doing it, you can bet your bottom dollar the child without permission from their parents will...... Has having kids erased your memory of what it was like being a 15 year old???

What country are you in with that legal drinking age?

It shows how much the destructive drug of alcohol has created an insidious grip on our society that there are numerous responses basically saying parents should wean their children onto it because it's inevitable they will be taking the class A drug behind their backs.

She's in Canada

Ahh, that explains the discrepancies in legislation.
Kids drink wine at 12 in France!

Not exactly the healthiest thing to do

Not exactly healthy is it?

I think it rather depends, but 12 is certainly a little young even for my relaxed approach.

Absolutely rediculous. For a start, one is illegal, and secondly, it isn't inevitable kids will try Class A drugs at all. Your analogy is nonsense and if you align the two in that way to your kids, I truly not they're is another better influence in their upbringing!

So because it's legal it's perfectly fine and not damaging? Life would be so much better without alcohol.

First the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes the man.

And moving back to reality, the vast majority of people enjoy alcohol with no ill effect. Is isn't fine because it's legal, it's fine because it's fine. There are a minority who abuse it or whose addictive personality lead to reliance on it. That doesn't mean the majority should refrain.
I have high cholesterol but enjoy crumpets with a wedge of butter on them - best we ban them then and the world would be a slimmer more healthy place!

Paracetamol can easily be a poison, as can almost anything if consumed in excess (which alcohol has to be to cause any real long term damage) even water.

It’s illegal to take money from someone under 18 and purchase alcohol for them. It is not illegal to for those over 5 (!!) to consume alcohol at home or on private premises, purchased by an adult with their own money.

Over 5?!!

Yup. It's illegal to give an under 5 alcohol.

Alcohol does not have to be abused long term to cause damage- around 10% of deaths in teens are alcohol related accidents, mostly falls, some drownings, some RTAs. And that is without factoring in the risk of death or long term disability through alcohol poisoning.

Never mind the risk of alcoholism, and other long term damages, such as poorer educational outcomes, unwanted pregnancies, etc

The post you quoted didn’t say it had to be abused long-term to do damage though.
PP said it had to be consumed in excess to cause long-term damage.

Almost as if it's a poison. Best to avoid completely.

Yes, that’s the law. Doesn’t mean I agree with it. But I think it’s important to differentiate between what the law allows and what’s sensible. What’s proposed by the OP insofar as the private party being talked about is not illegal.

It’s illegal for someone under 18 to buy alcohol
It’s illegal for someone to buy alcohol for on behalf of an under 18. That’s to prevent what used to be prevalent way back, where kids would stand outside shops and ask adults to buy them alcoholic using the kids money.
It’s illegal to give children under 5 alcohol.

It’s perfectly legal for 16 and 17 years olds to drink in licensed premises with food, but not to buy the drinks themselves
It’s perfectly legal for children between the ages of 5 and 17 to drink at home or on private premises.

www.drinkaware.co.uk/facts/information-about-alcohol/alcohol-and-the-law/the-law-on-alcohol-and-under-18s#/overview