Drinking wine in the park while children play?

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I took my little one to the park yesterday afternoon and there was a mum and daughter sitting on a blanket with a picnic and a bottle of wine with 2 plastic glasses while the little ones were playing.
They were sitting chatting and watching the kids who were around primarily school age playing together.

I didn’t think a lot at the time but maybe thought it was a bit funny, would you think it was ok to crack open a bottle of wine in the play park?

Exactly.

And as our parents are not around forever. What a lovely afternoon for the mum and grandma. Enjoy each others company while the primary aged kids (not toddlers!) had fun too!

life is much more pleasant if you see the good in situations not the bad.

Because unlikely that someone stops at a can of lager. So more likely someone chugging Tennants will drink more than one. So more alcohol overall.

I'm not sure it is true at all that lager drinkers consume more alcohol than wine drinkers.

I am noticeably affected by one glass of wine or one can of beer. As a result I don't drink.

Children move fast and get into unpredictable situations (choking, falling, allergic reactions, sudden injury). Even small amounts of alcohol slow reaction times and dull situational awareness.

If an emergency arises—or if plans change—a drinking caregiver loses the legal and safe ability to drive the child to a hospital or home.

If one parent drinks "moderately", another fully alert, sober adult should be available to manage driving, medical emergencies, and active supervision.

The issue is that they cannot be fully present and unlikely to be able to engage in educational and stimulating conversations with their children after boozing.

How does all this " driving" stuff work if the parent doesn't have a car or licence? Because whatever they do surely the parent who has had the glass of wine can do

Ffs can't kids just play amongst themselves without it having to be " educating and stimulating"

Wonder how all previous generations got on as parents didn't tend to be constantly entertaining the kids. Kids were expected to entertain the self without constantly being educated and stimulated

It's interesting that you choose to note the "unable to drive" aspect of consuming alcohol when caring for children and not the "Children move fast and get into unpredictable situations (choking, falling, allergic reactions, sudden injury). Even small amounts of alcohol slow reaction times and dull situational awareness." ????

This disingenuous bollocks is one of the funniest things I've read on here.

My eyes just rolled out of my head and along the floor.
Good grief.

So never for most parents then?

Pretty much.

I have noticed that many mumsnet posters have an oddly puritanical attitude to alcohol. I'm not a frequent drinker myself but I get irritated by the sanctimony dished out in response to it.