How much alcohol for a 15 year old?

[Dramatic]

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?

What does that have to do with going to a party without adult supervision?

I would send them with lots of nice snacks to share out like nachos, dips, crisps, chocs etc pretty much anything they would love to munch on -AND No alcohol.

You thought they didn’t know but they did. You forget they were young once.

My daughter got short with me when g/d was on a sleepover with me and I asked could she have a glass of wine. She’s 15.

I remember my daughter drinking at 14. Her partner also drinking at 14.

Same, 100% this.

Who said there isn’t adult supervision

If you ban alcohol entirely and make it seem like forbidden fruit, this can intensify their desire to drink, leading to potentially unsafe situations. I'm sure many of us recall sneaking clandestine bottles of beer on our merry way to sleepovers or necking bottles of vodka on a park bench. They'll see their mates having some drinks and peer pressure will dictate that they need to sneak some behind your back so they don't miss out. I think a couple of alcopops should do the trick.

No it isn’t. It’s legal for a 16-17 year old to drink beer, wine or cider in a restaurant as long as it accompanies a meal, the child is accompanied by an adult and that the adult buys the alcohol. It’s illegal to supply alcohol in any setting to a child under 16.

None.

My dd is now 19 but she is not keen on drinking at all. She is quite health conscious and also doesn’t feel like she needs it to have a good time.

If I knew them, I'd ask the parents what their plans are.
At 15, mine would have been not to supply alcohol but accept that some kids might sneak it in.
My friends supplied beer and wine at their 15 year olds party though.

None

I remember my Dad buying me a bottle of Woodpecker to take to a party when I was 15. I allow my 15 year old Son to have a couple of drinks, cider or beer so probably about that amount, but would want to make sure they are used to it and try and get them to eat well before the party.

Absolutely nothing because that rule only applies to 16-17 year olds eating a meal, accompanied by an adult, and the adult has to buy the alcohol in- and it only applies to beer, wine and cider. And whether the party is adult supervised or not, it’s illegal to supply alcohol to an 15 year old in any circumstance.

16 and 17 is a child still. At home on private premises it’s legal to give a child alcohol from the age five. I wouldn’t but it’s legal.

In order to try to avoid my child drinking much stronger alcohol - which I 100% guarantee to all those saying "none" your child has access to - I did provide the equivalent to 2-3 cans of weak larger. I will do the same again to my younger child when the time comes.

I absolutely promise you, if your child has asked you for alcohol and you have said no, they are drinking far more and far stronger alcohol than you would ever have provided yourself.

I used to think I was so smart nicking the odd bit of vodka out of the drinks cabinet and topping it up with water ...

Guess what my parents presented to me on my 18th birthday..? 🤣

I get a few cans for dd from Aldi. They have cocktail cans and fake Smirnoff ice/wkd but they are only about 3%. Saves them drinking the straight vodka that someone else has stolen from a parents drink cabinet to bring along!

Mind you mine are now in their 20s
2 don’t drink at all and the other drinks much less than I drunk then (and tbf now !)

Our nearly 16 year old takes two cans of some sort of cocktail which are 3.5%. Nothing else allowed and we collect at the end, no sleepovers allowed.

My teen had very little exposure to alcohol till he was 16, at which point I got in some low alcohol beers and lagers and ciders for him to try at home with family meals occasionally. I also bought him a shandy at a bar at a social event at his request. He established that he can't stand beer but quite likes a bit of cider. He can take or leave alcohol though (he is 17 now, with quite an active social life, but none of his friends are very into alcohol, it seems). He says he doesn't want to do himself any damage with alcohol, he has read up about how it isn't good for you!

@Dramatic None.
Also, there are some great 0% drinks around now (my personal favourites are Gordon's 0% pink "gin", Captain Morgan's 0% spiced "rum", Wildlife Botanicals sparkling wine and a number of botted 0% lagers). If you want to send her with a bottle, why not make it 0%?

Absolutely none, it’s not necessary, at all!

None. My DD15 and DS15 go to parties but no alcohol is involved and they never asked for any either. I’m pretty relaxed so they know if they do want to try some, I would allow it in the safe environment. I can’t imagine a lot of parents would want a responsibility of 15year old kids drinking alcohol under their roof and supervision

Why this question came to your head? Is it because you think your child shouldn’t come empty handed or because your child has said something? Does your child drink at home?
It wouldn’t occurred to me in the slightest to give any but as something prompted you to think about this I would check with host parents first.

Exactly.