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?

Couple of alcopops, or a 4 pack of shandy. Would always send a bag of sweets or crisps too. Would check with parent they were supervising and had a decent threshold of normality and had my number for emergencies.

I was always allowed to take a 2l bottle of coke which my parents would put a small measure of vodka in. The taste is really strong, especially if your teen isn't really used to drinking. I always felt like it was very grown up and strong but in reality hardly had any alcohol in and I could drink the lot. Dunno if that would be 'cool' to do now or sends the right messages about drinking safety etc.

At 15 my mum wouldn’t buy me alcohol for a house party, so I asked one of my friends older boyfriends to buy me a bottle of peach schnapps. I drank the entire thing, honestly surprised I didn’t end up in hospital. But if she had bought me 2 alcopops I probably would’ve been quite happy with that! Wouldn’t have learned the lesson on limits the hard way, mind you..

Mumsnet is so bizarre. Buying alcohol for your 15 year old is apparently normal.

Using marijuana as an adult for any reason is bad, and you are a loser drug addict.

I’m Canadian and the amount of drinking people seem to do in the UK shocks me.

Zero!
I never considered myself overly strict, but I’m genuinely taken aback by how casually some people treat substance use among young kids. While it's one thing to acknowledge that teens might experiment at a party, actually providing them with alcohol feels like crossing an important line.

On holiday with us? She can have a cocktail or two.

At a party with other teens? No. None. Maybe different at 17, but definitely none at 15.

Also this idea that teens can't have a happy life without alcohol, they must be thoroughly miserable if not drinking WKD.

None

I went through this dilemma with my now 17 year old, when he was 15 and going to house parties where alcohol was allowed for 15+ (friends houses with parents there also). I allowed them to take 2 cans of weak beer with them (they were none the wiser it wasnt Stella). They drank those plus had 2 of what ever was available at the house. I always dropped off and picked up (even if it was 1am). I personally dont drink at all now. Dad is a daily drinker and son has seen for himself what a nob dad is once had a drink. Today, son will have a drink but never goes ott. He says hes not a massive fan and prefers to be in control. Idk what the answer is but he seems to have been ok so far. Anxious times tho. I do think social media is a good thing in these situations as ive always drummed into him- dont be that person who gets fucked up and is filmed and ridiculed. You will not find it funny.

My god, this thread is like aliens from another planet.

Really interesting thread - I posted something similar about dc13(!) being invited to parties where the parents were providing pretty large quantities of alcohol and whether the majority thought it was ok (got very few replies but thankfully it seems I am sane and it really isn’t!). Elder dd was allowed a glass of prosecco/wine with us on odd weekend/special occasions from 15. She thankfully wasn’t part of the ‘party clique’ so we didn’t deal with party/booze issue till she was 16 at which point I think a couple of alcopops/small beers is ok.

Exactly! There is no other answer.

None. They have to work out how to steal it from the drinks cabinet like the rest of us had to ;)

What difference does it make? They are going to do what teenagers do anyway

my boys have an alcoholic dad
i have never said yes or no to alcohol at any age
i hosted my eldests 16th where lots of alcohol was brought in

not one of the 3 of them has ever drank to excess
my middle boy hardly ever drinks, my eldest not at all
my youngest (18) by choice never drank before 18 but now loves going out
never seem him drunk

no idea how anybody thinks any form of control actually influences what will happen at a party

All of this ^

Way too many variables here for anyone to give a fair response with the information you've given so far.

My feeling is 15 is still very young to be drinking alcohol even supervised at a friend's house and I would be sending none. I also think you need to remember that supervision often just means a parent is in another room in the house so often don't actually have eyes on what's happening in the other rooms. I think 16 would be my turning point around allowing alcohol.

@Dramatic Unfortunately my mother was like this and so were all my friends parents, God how I wish someone in my life had stepped up and been an adult for me. Do not give a 15 year old alcohol.

None whatsoever. There's not a drop in my house and I would absolutely not be buying it for a child!

Mind-boggling ☹️

None

There was a situation near us where there was a party at a house and a teenager became unconscious after too much drink, the kids were all 14/15 the parents were there and ambulance was called, as were the police and social services

it’s illegal so why on earth would anyone facilitate this?

None of course

A couple of cans of cider.
My parents would have said 0 when I was 15. As soon as I could get my hands on alcohol I was binge drinking and having shots, I got in some awful states in my late teens.

he wouldn’t be going.

At 15, none at all. At 16, 3 cans of beer or west coast cooler type drink

It's crazy I don't think you could pay me all the money on earth to host this. Especially now there's Internet and smart phones for every stupid thing they might do recorded online forever. I'd honestly worry about the parents capacity to safeguard if they're so relaxed about this - it would worry me it's less about the capability of their child to manage alcohol and more about their own lack of awareness of how wrong things could go.