What do you think about drinking around your children? Good or bad?
484363
I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD TREAT THE ALCOHOL AS IF IT WAS JUST A DRINK..LIKE POP OR JUICE...DONT SIT THERE AND HAVE A CHUGGING CONTEST..DRINK IT NORMAL AND THE KIDS WONT MAKE A FUSS ABOUT IT AND NEITHER WILL OTHER ADULTS
614787
Both parents being alcoholics shows a definite lack of responsibility and an inability to care for the child in a normal environment.  There is always some type of abuse occurring in the home, as tempers flair when 2 parents drink to excess.  The child deserves better. The parents will have a chance to go to rehab, but alcoholism is not acceptable.
561093
My son is 10 moths old and I'm still nursing him.  I love the bond between us.  I don't plan to take it from him any time soon. My sis has a 2 year old and weemed her at 2 on her b-day.  The more you nurse them the more the protection lasts.  I never gave my son a bottle.  Now he eats solid foods and and drinks water out of a sippy cup.  I nurse him when he wants and to go to sleep.  Just let time take it's course.  She'll let yo know when she's ready to weem.
490636
Part of me says YES it should lowered to 18. BUT I say this ONLY because at the age of 18 you can do ANYTHING that an adult can EXCEPT drink. BUT my biggest reason for saying yes, is because at the age of 18 you can go into the military and you can get drafted into the military and GIVE your LIFE to or for your country. BUT the government is going to say NO you can't DRINK because your not old enough. I feel if you are old enough to chance giving your life for your country then you ARE old enough to drink.\nBUT on the other side at 18 your still a kid and not old enough or should I say mature enough. BUT overall YES. Have a good debate in class. and let me know how it turns out thanks.
1053689
Don't drink don't abuse drugs and show children your happy without wine and beer at a party. If you drink in front of a child you show them how to use alcohol to feel good. It may seem way out there but its the truth.
964674
My father died of alcoholism at 44, his liver gave out while he was homeless lying in a park sleeping. Very sad. My mother is in AA. My brother is 14 and already seems to have symptoms of alcohol abuse, drinks alone etc.There are other alkies in my family as well but they seem to function. I went through the whole alcohol abuse when I was a teenage, drank by myself all the time drank to drunkeness earned a reputation of an alky. But now that I am 25 I have a beer or two mabye every two or three weeks sometimes longer and dont miss it at all. When I have those beers I drink them over a course of a few hours and never get drunk. I think that it runs in my family but I dont believe I am an alcoholic because other things in my life are much more important and I find other ways to deal wth my issues. I wnat my daughter growing up not seeing me drunk and not thinking its ok so that to me is enough to keep me free from getting drunk for a long long time.
397573
Myself 14 years.  Happy going.\nAjoke for your question.\nA couple is celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary.  All the 10 Children (all married and kids) are attending the celeberation.  Lot of rush and friends, drinks etc.  The oldman by the way is seeing all these 10 sons at a time now.  He finds one among them not resembling with all the other nine.  He was restless and still sipping a drink.  He thought of asking his wife and asked her, is (our) 10th child fathered by a diffrerent man, to which the wife replied Yes my dear.  The old man was very very upset and sipped more glass of drinks.  Some how he want to know who that person is maybe one of his friends he wants to know who, abnd once again went to his wife and asked, My dear darling wife can u tell me who is that man?  Again the wife replied "YOU MY DEAR".  \n\nMoral - Dont live for longer periods after marriage or else dont celeberate wedding anniversaries after 20 years.
58217
It isn't bad, that is a social stigma brought about cuz the ppl that usually drink in the morning are considered alcholics. BUT if you are a permenent night shift worker, drinking in the morning would be fine since you are jsut getting of of work.
906071
The high sugar content inhibits bacterial growth, and it hasn't had time to ferment enough to create appreciable alcohol content. Your daughter is most likely fine, but it's something I'd try to avoid. If she starts vomiting, that's when to worry a little bit - but I doubt this will happen.
882606
I definately do! My daughter is learning how happy people get when she shares, so being the only one home right now, she wants to share with me! Like I'm gonna turn down my daughter's offer of candy!!! LoL! I feel drunk on sugar!!
739635
Parenting! I agree it is Parenting! My children listen to music with me. So I do not listen to any of the "bad" stuff. I also make time to listen to kid music with them. If a parent puts down kid music and won't listen to "good" music then the child will follow the example set for them. Just as a child who hears from his parents that vegetables are yucky, so the child will think also. If you want your child to like something then like it yourself. Children learn by example, especially at the age you are talking about. Young children look up to their parents.
181867
I'm about as white as they come. Polish mixed with German, go us! I decend from a long line of beer drinking pale people who can't seem to stay warm and have a horrible history of causing problems. My kids have so much to look forward to. Maybe I'll spare them and just not have any.
868281
I'm not really a mother, obviously but I am a single father.  That has changed my life more than anything in the world could have.  I'll be quite honest, before my kids were born I was a bit of a partier and I really didn't take much seriously.  When my oldest was born I was only 18 but he really taught me there was something to life other than staying out late drinking with friends.  And because his mother couldn't see that and she didn't want to be held back from the life I gave up, I had to and still today have to play the part of mum and dad.  \n\nBeing both a mother and a father to my kids has turned me around so I'm not pretty much the polar opposite of how I was before they were around.  I learn something new from them every day and I think and hope I'm becoming further and further away from who I used to be.  Being a parent has taught me to put them first instead of myself.  I'm so lucky to have each of them around, they've all changed my life in so many ways that it isn't possible to write.  I'm sure every parent says this but it really is true.
720289
Yes I do when I think my son needs it! He is almost 3. I will not spank him when he spills his milk but his butt will be tested if he runs into the street!\n\nSpanking is good for kids! My kids will not get in trouble like these kids that are raised with the "time out" punishment thing! What a joke!!!
842145
Only if it is harmful to them, or if they already have too much of what they like.  Generally, we should give our children good things.
934698
Shouldn't the fact your son is criticizing you at all send some sort of alarm bell off in your head? This relationship is not normal. Parents are usually the ones who have to be concerned for children's well-being.\nI guess the question you should ask yourself is: Does he have a legitimate cause for concern? Is he the only one who thinks you drink too much? If he didn't care about you, why would he even bother?\nMost parents of adult children no longer get drunk; at least not silly drunk. Is your behavior a cause of concern to those around you when you drink? Do you regret things you've done or said when you've been drinking?\nIf so, he might have a point.
462352
I held my entire family together when I was six years old. My mother was an alcoholic and was very irresponsible. I had to look after my sister, who was screaming when I would wake up and my mother would not be there. I searched at all the bars in town. I also had to try to beat up one of her boyfriends when he was beating the crap out of her. He threw me into a wall, but I kept trying to save her. I held her emotionally together by comforting her when she cried. Talk about tough... for a six year old!\n\nI would later end up in foster care and then adopted. I haven't seen her since. But I guess that's the nicest thing I've done, out of the many, many nice things I have done.\n\nHah, Beat that!!