Would you or have you let your teenage kid drink at home?
by 
Cheery Cherry
ANSWERS: 14
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I never allowed it but I'm sure somehow they managed to do it without me knowing.
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absolutely not.
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Yes, I have, mine are 17 and 20 and occasionally they are allowed to have a drink. They both live on their own, so it isnt very often.
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Alcoholic beverages and the consumption of same is not allowed anywhere on my property by anybody. Yes, that includes YOU!!!!
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Never.
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I don't know. If I thought that it would keep them from drinking somewhere else without supervision, I'd consider it. And, you know, that is one possibility. The other is that it could just be a gateway to more. I don't know. But I do remember when I was in high school, there were a few parents of certain kids who did let the kids have the drinking parties at the house. I'm sure a lot of the other kids' parents wouldn't have liked it if they knew, but, at the same time, they weren't going to let the kids drink themselves to death, they weren't going to let them drive if they had any drinks, they had to stay overnight. So, its a very complicated thing and I think you need to be realistic about what your kid is doing and do what you can to protect them, and if they're going to drink no matter what, its better that it be supervised.
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Never ever ever.
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I would never allow it. I realize he probably will, but I will not enable it.
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Guilty! My parents use to let us have a little wine at dinner on Sundays when we were teenagers the younger ones had juice in a wine glass. I have done he same with my children. None of us ever became drinkers.
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This is a tough question. For one, you are breaking the law if you enable your own children to consume alcohol. Two, I feel that parents who claim there children won't drink elsewhere are being naive, of course they will, they just will also drink at home. As of now, I am undecided leaning towards "no." But my son is only two, so my hubby and I still have time to work this issue out.
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she wasnt interested in drinking. and neither were we parents. i still dont understand what is so wonderful about drinking alcohol.
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we are not big drinkers....and by that, i mean that we usually don't have it around the house unless it's a special occasion or for a party~something like that; we have never made drinking a big deal one way or the other~i have told my oldest son (17yrs) that if he's that interested to let me know; he drank a beer not too long ago at a small get-together at our home and i tried not to make it a huge deal.....my hope is that by understanding his curiousity and making sure he understands the consequences,that it won't be a big deal for him either....as with us. i refuse to be naive enough to believe that out of all 3 of my boys that none of them will ever try it....i want to make sure to always keep the lines of communication open so that they are never afraid to talk with us about anything....so far so good :)
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Well my mother says that shed perfer it if I "experimented" at home instead of at a freinds house where I could commit the "unspeakable deed"
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they are going to do it regardless you let them or not.. My mother never let me, but i'd be "at a friends" in a right state, I think teaching teenagers, how to manage and consume alcohol would be better then ignoring the enevatable, and letting them figure it out themselves.. Let them drink at home with you, that way they are supervised and accesable and its not the "forbidden friut" that makes them lie and decieve you
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