Many state laws prohibit alcohol before 21 with the sole exception of Communion wine. If a young person isn't allowed to experience the effects of alcohol at home, what happens when they turn 21? They no longer live at home, many are in college, many have little driving experience at all then they are suddenly legal to drink, in the company of people who do not love them enough to tell them when to stop and they probably have access to a motor vehicle. It's a recipe for disaster.
If you live in a sane state, please teach you sons and daughters how to drink responsibly, that there is no magic to alcohol and that social drinking can be fun even when one knows when to stop.
Sticking our heads in the sand won’t help our sons navigate the tough transition from adolescence to mature manhood, with fully developed brains, in their mid- to late twenties. A realistic perspective like this helps us confront the issue head-on and offers a better approach than the “just say no” option (although in many other cases “no” is the right choice).
There is no mention here of alcoholism. That is the biggest possibility in teen drinking. It is a Desease. It should be acknowledged at the first drink. It is deadly. And it is progressive. Do not believe that it won’t happen to you. It can and will if you progressive drink when you have exceeded your body’s ability to handle it .
Many state laws prohibit alcohol before 21 with the sole exception of Communion wine. If a young person isn't allowed to experience the effects of alcohol at home, what happens when they turn 21? They no longer live at home, many are in college, many have little driving experience at all then they are suddenly legal to drink, in the company of people who do not love them enough to tell them when to stop and they probably have access to a motor vehicle. It's a recipe for disaster.
If you live in a sane state, please teach you sons and daughters how to drink responsibly, that there is no magic to alcohol and that social drinking can be fun even when one knows when to stop.
Sticking our heads in the sand won’t help our sons navigate the tough transition from adolescence to mature manhood, with fully developed brains, in their mid- to late twenties. A realistic perspective like this helps us confront the issue head-on and offers a better approach than the “just say no” option (although in many other cases “no” is the right choice).
There is no mention here of alcoholism. That is the biggest possibility in teen drinking. It is a Desease. It should be acknowledged at the first drink. It is deadly. And it is progressive. Do not believe that it won’t happen to you. It can and will if you progressive drink when you have exceeded your body’s ability to handle it .
Curious of the rebuttal regarding the law of the land where this is technically illegal in most US States and the morality of that?
Seriously…I see the reasoning behind this suggestion, yet I struggle with being an example of “the rules don’t apply to me.”