Comments on: Would You Let Your Teens Drink In Your House? http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/2009/10/28/would-you-let-your-teens-drink-in-your-house/ A blog about women and drinking--the ups, downs and everything in between. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:06:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: isabella http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/2009/10/28/would-you-let-your-teens-drink-in-your-house/comment-page-1/#comment-1617 isabella Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:17:40 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/?p=1186#comment-1617 parents should let teens drink without taking full responsibility for it. Its safer if a parent knows where there child is and what they are doing. rather than having the child lie and say they are doing something otherwise. You know that your kid is drinking regardless of whether you say yes or no and you cannot keep them penned in the house like animals. If you allow your child to have a party they should be entirely responsible for all of the things that come along with drinking. and in no case should the blame be put on the parent.If the parent has "no idea" about the party it is the child's job to make sure everything goes smoothly. Go out and leave the kids be. My daughter is a senior in highschool and attends parties all the time she is a smart athletic and highly successful child. i give her the room she needs and we are best friends. she never acts out and always is a pleasure. its a give and take relationship and i think that kids should be aloud to have parties. parents should let teens drink without taking full responsibility for it. Its safer if a parent knows where there child is and what they are doing. rather than having the child lie and say they are doing something otherwise. You know that your kid is drinking regardless of whether you say yes or no and you cannot keep them penned in the house like animals. If you allow your child to have a party they should be entirely responsible for all of the things that come along with drinking. and in no case should the blame be put on the parent.If the parent has “no idea” about the party it is the child’s job to make sure everything goes smoothly. Go out and leave the kids be. My daughter is a senior in highschool and attends parties all the time she is a smart athletic and highly successful child. i give her the room she needs and we are best friends. she never acts out and always is a pleasure. its a give and take relationship and i think that kids should be aloud to have parties.

]]> By: Christina http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/2009/10/28/would-you-let-your-teens-drink-in-your-house/comment-page-1/#comment-940 Christina Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:06:23 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/?p=1186#comment-940 Oy! This is a toughie. I'm not a Mom, so I don't have teens. But when I was one, I think it was far healthier that my parents let me slowly get a taste for wine at meals and parties -- unlike some of my friends, I had no forbidden fruit and so no urge to binge. But now? Seriously? Here in Rhode Island the owners of a house rented to students were sued because students drank in the house, and one broke into the boat house, stole a boat, took it out and drowned. That's how far the long arm of liability reaches -- so, no way would I let kids drink in my house. Oy! This is a toughie. I’m not a Mom, so I don’t have teens. But when I was one, I think it was far healthier that my parents let me slowly get a taste for wine at meals and parties — unlike some of my friends, I had no forbidden fruit and so no urge to binge.

But now? Seriously? Here in Rhode Island the owners of a house rented to students were sued because students drank in the house, and one broke into the boat house, stole a boat, took it out and drowned. That’s how far the long arm of liability reaches — so, no way would I let kids drink in my house.

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