A small amount of alcohol in the company of family is a very good idea IMO. As mentioned by mixwell, it removes the "taboo" of the subject as well as the hush-hush curiosity.
As a side note: as a teen with the most watchful and careful parents possible (they also both worked in state prisons) it's not possible to "guarantee" or "make sure" kids never drink or go to parties. No matter what kind of restrictions you put on them, if there's a will there's a way.
However you are perfectly entitled to your own opinion so I encourage you to enforce it on your own children. If you try to instruct your sister on how to raise her daughter, it will likely only drive a wedge between the two of you and prove frustrating for all parties involved.
Exactly what I was going to say. In some European countries, the kids have watered-down wine with meals. Alcohol doesn't become a taboo or something "naughty", it doesn't become something you do in secret or when alone and it's seen almost as something that accompanies meals, like a condiment.
IIN for my sister to let her 16 year old daughter drink alcohol?
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A small amount of alcohol in the company of family is a very good idea IMO. As mentioned by mixwell, it removes the "taboo" of the subject as well as the hush-hush curiosity.
As a side note: as a teen with the most watchful and careful parents possible (they also both worked in state prisons) it's not possible to "guarantee" or "make sure" kids never drink or go to parties. No matter what kind of restrictions you put on them, if there's a will there's a way.
However you are perfectly entitled to your own opinion so I encourage you to enforce it on your own children. If you try to instruct your sister on how to raise her daughter, it will likely only drive a wedge between the two of you and prove frustrating for all parties involved.
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Exactly what I was going to say. In some European countries, the kids have watered-down wine with meals. Alcohol doesn't become a taboo or something "naughty", it doesn't become something you do in secret or when alone and it's seen almost as something that accompanies meals, like a condiment.