Why 18 yr. olds should be allowed to drink
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Originally Posted by Tyraid2K,May 7 2006, 04:54 AM
nobody wants the drinking age to be lowered,
I miss the thrill of sneaking around and trying to get wasted, being 22 is eh, the thrill is gone, hence I don't drink but on rrare occasions now.
I miss the thrill of sneaking around and trying to get wasted, being 22 is eh, the thrill is gone, hence I don't drink but on rrare occasions now.
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I went wine tasting with my parents as a teenager and was allowed to drink a small amount as I was growing up. The same with my 3 sibs.
I followed the same policy with my kids, now 24 and 21. My kids also drank small amounts at restraunts, gallery openings, social events and family gatherings. Classy restraunts and social events don't seem to get hung up on carding people.
Letting teenagers drink with their families' or at civilized social gatherings seems a good way to get people to safely understand how to responsibly handle alcohol. If kids had supervised experience with alcohol, before they went off to college or moved away from home, they probably wouldn't do the stupid things they do now.
If the legal drinking age was 18, without parental supervision, and any age with parental supervision, more parents would teach their kids to handle alcohol, safely.
I followed the same policy with my kids, now 24 and 21. My kids also drank small amounts at restraunts, gallery openings, social events and family gatherings. Classy restraunts and social events don't seem to get hung up on carding people.
Letting teenagers drink with their families' or at civilized social gatherings seems a good way to get people to safely understand how to responsibly handle alcohol. If kids had supervised experience with alcohol, before they went off to college or moved away from home, they probably wouldn't do the stupid things they do now.
If the legal drinking age was 18, without parental supervision, and any age with parental supervision, more parents would teach their kids to handle alcohol, safely.
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You might be on to something.
Since 21 makes you a "true" adult where drinking is allowed, there's somehow less of an incentive for parents NOT to tell their kids to drink since the age requirement tacitly states the drinking boundry.
Of course this is implicit and any "proper" parent would either not let their children drink, or would responsibly introduce alcohol to their teens, to remove the aura/mystery of getting buzzed or whatever.
Kids underage drink all of the time, but I think there needs to be more of an awareness of adulthood for not only the teens but the parents as well.
Since 21 makes you a "true" adult where drinking is allowed, there's somehow less of an incentive for parents NOT to tell their kids to drink since the age requirement tacitly states the drinking boundry.
Of course this is implicit and any "proper" parent would either not let their children drink, or would responsibly introduce alcohol to their teens, to remove the aura/mystery of getting buzzed or whatever.
Kids underage drink all of the time, but I think there needs to be more of an awareness of adulthood for not only the teens but the parents as well.
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