I was given free reign on my drinking with and without parents from the age of 13, and even younger than that I was allowed some alcohol at home which my parents portioned out for me to drink with them. In hindsight I think they gave me too much, but it did mean I developed a mature attitude to alcohol much quicker than most of the people around me. My brother was brought up the same way and developed a bad relationship with alcohol.
I think you have to take it on a kid by kid basis, they're all different and as a parent you just need to go with whatever you think will get the right message through to your child. Some of them probably wouldn't respond well to drinking with their parents even at 17, it all depends.
Is it normal for parents to smoke and drink with their children?
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I was given free reign on my drinking with and without parents from the age of 13, and even younger than that I was allowed some alcohol at home which my parents portioned out for me to drink with them. In hindsight I think they gave me too much, but it did mean I developed a mature attitude to alcohol much quicker than most of the people around me. My brother was brought up the same way and developed a bad relationship with alcohol.
I think you have to take it on a kid by kid basis, they're all different and as a parent you just need to go with whatever you think will get the right message through to your child. Some of them probably wouldn't respond well to drinking with their parents even at 17, it all depends.