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13 year old daughter asking for wkd?

106 replies

jodie230104 · 15/02/2017 23:24

So today on friday my 13 year old daughter is having a sleepover with her best friend, and she asked me for some wkd blue for the sleepover. Shes pretty sensible but Im not sure what to say to her as I want her to feel mature and that im treating her like like shes mature but I dont want her to think its ok to just drink alcohol whenever if u know what i mean x

OP posts:
Somerville · 15/02/2017 23:26

A 13 year old who wants to drink vodka is pretty mature? Sure...

Floggingmolly · 15/02/2017 23:28

She may just be more mature than you are...

ActuallyThatsSUPREMECommander · 15/02/2017 23:29

Don't be ridiculous.

Original poster
jodie230104 · 15/02/2017 23:29

Shes mature with everything but ive never come across this issue or anything like it with her x

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PickAChew · 15/02/2017 23:31

My 13 year old thinks alcohol is disgusting and makes people act appallingly.

Now I'm wondering if he really is as immature as he presents because wanting alcopops is not mature behaviour.

PickAChew · 15/02/2017 23:32

And, NO is a complete sentence, as they say.

Original poster
jodie230104 · 15/02/2017 23:32

Im starting to think her new school was a bad idea as apparently her other classmates drink it and smirnoff ice. This just gets worse

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Bensyster · 16/02/2017 08:23

That would be a no from me!

AllTheWittyNamesAreGone · 16/02/2017 08:43

Your the parent you say no. End of

Tollygunge · 16/02/2017 08:44

Why would you post needing advice on this?! I presume you wanted to say yes and needed validation

Tollygunge · 16/02/2017 08:45

Why would you post needing advice on this?! I presume you wanted to say yes and needed validation

HerOtherHalf · 16/02/2017 08:47

No. Apart from anything else, there is the other child to consider. Giving alcohol to your own child at that age is contentious enough, giving it to someone else's kid shouldn't even be considered.

TondelayaDellaVentamiglia · 16/02/2017 08:47

Has she ever had anything alcoholic before? I think winging in with alcopops is a pretty bad idea...they are sweet, sticky, very easy to drink

it's like weaning a child onto chocolate pudding and then wondering why it won't eat vegetables

DressageNut · 16/02/2017 08:47

I'm sure what you can say - "no". Can you speak to the friend's parents - I doubt "everyone else" drinks WKD and Smirnoff Ice.

claraschu · 16/02/2017 08:48

No.

Isadora2007 · 16/02/2017 08:50

Dd wasn't interested at that age but I think I would have said no.
15 and a half yes probably and certainly by 16...

OddBoots · 16/02/2017 08:52

At 13? No chance.

Chickennuggetfeeder · 16/02/2017 08:52

No

Taylor22 · 16/02/2017 08:53

She might be mature, but her liver and kidneys are not.
You are the parent. You don't need a justification for this. Absolutely not is enough.

Crumbs1 · 16/02/2017 08:53

Definitely not. I'd be absolutely furious if my 13 year old went to a friend's house and was given alcohol.

Leicesterpiggott · 16/02/2017 08:55

Er, no.

DeleteOrDecay · 16/02/2017 08:56

Definitely not. Just say no, buy her some J20 or shloer (spelling?) or something if she wants to feel grown up.

Iggi999 · 16/02/2017 08:57

Get her a six pack and some condoms and go out for the night.

BigGreenOlives · 16/02/2017 08:59

She's 13. She's too young to drink alcohol with a friend. Maybe a small glass of Buck's Fizz at a family event but not spirits sitting in a bedroom or in a bus shelter.

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 16/02/2017 09:02

I want her to feel mature and that im treating her like like shes mature

And you feel that buying your 13 year old daughter and her friend blue alcopops is the best way to do this? what is it about Wkd that screams "maturity" to you?