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Beer or No Beer?
Asked by L.I. from Chicago
on June 2, 2008
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Ok moms-- my son is turning 1 and we are having a huge b-day party at my mother in laws house. She has a pool and we have lots of activities for all of the kids to do...
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- Get the beer. In my opinion you are inviting people to your home so provide what they like.
- I think it depends on the crowd attending. My family and my husband are beer drinkers... our friends drink beer, and my husbands family are wine drinkers. For my son...
- Okay, I'm going to be the odd ball here. I don't think you have to provide beer unless you want to AND if your budget allows it. If you want to say thank you for gif...
Alcohol
Asked by V.M. from Erie
on May 7, 2010
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I'm hoping this doens't start a huge thing, But this has really been on my mind an i don't feel i can discuss it much with friends. I was raised with No alcohol in t...
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- My parents never drank. My father was raised and abused by an alcoholic, so the smell of alcohol made him sick. He never drank. At company parties when it was expec...
- I think that you need to go with what you truly believe in. I was brought up where my parents had a casual drink with dinner. My husband grew up in a very christian ...
- I also grew up without it in the house. My family is not not much in drinking,. I do not like beer--I think it literally stinks. My husband did have a period of time...
Alcohol in the House
Asked by H.X. from Los Angeles
on March 18, 2011
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Both my husband and I grew up in strict Christan teetotaling homes (no alcohol whatsoever) . We both drink moderately and my husband has one drink most days. Howeve...
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- Haven't read other responses but I'll add my 2 cents worth. I come from an Italian family and there was always alcohol in our home and at our dinner table. My father...
- For our family, we don't have any alcohol in the house by choice. Both my husband and I don't drink. We have family that have major issues with alcohol dependance and ...
- I grew up with an alcoholic dad with alcohol stocked constantly and did not drink until last year pretty much at 27, now just occasioanlly...I think everything is fine...
17 Year Old Drinking
Asked by K.L. from Cleveland
on September 26, 2010
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My 17 year old came home tonight, past curfew, totally wasted. She was falling over drunk. Her friend (who was sober) brought her home and apologized multiple times ...
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- You need to find a good counselor. She needs someone to talk to without judgement or consequence. Our kids have a lot more stress than I ever feeling at that age. Kids...
- IT IS TIME FROM YOU TO BE A PARENT AND NOT A FRIEND. Take her to an AA meeting and make her talk with someone and listen to the stories. Tell her that she needs to go ...
- I hope she had a bad hangover and you didnt make it easy for her. I remember getting drunk on Boones farm when I was about that age, I barfed in my friends car and th...
Seeking Parents Advice on Rules for My 15 Year Old Son.
Asked by C.U. from New York
on September 4, 2010
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My son has in general always been respectful, kind, hardworking and grateful. After recieving his iphone and entering into the texting, facebook world everything abou...
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- hi sorry but you need to relax a little and compromise with him,, if you want him to respect you,,you need to back off. Yes i can see why you have those rules but havi...
- As long as he kept the "f*** you" under his breath, let it go. Tell him you'd better not ever hear that out loud. Since he in general has always been respectful, k...
- The FU does need to be addressed and they lie about not saying it even more so...maybe no phone for a week or a grounding. I would tell him that during this groundi...
Unmotivated 16 Year Old
Asked by J.Y. from Pittsburgh
on January 10, 2009
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My 16 year old daughter is very smart, but is very unmotivated to complete her school work, therefor seems to be running a C average in almost everything. I speak to h...
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- J.: I suffered from depression since age 14...at that age I had counseling, but no meds (at that time my parents believed I just "needed Jesus"...that's why I commend...
- Aside from something 'mental' going on, it's possible that she may need one-on-one help because she may not be 'getting it'. You could look into a tutoring school... I...
- Sometimes people are conditioned to be what they hear people calling them. So if she hears that she is lazy, unmotivated, depressed. Then she feels that is who she i...
Full of Excuses 15 Year Old
Asked by H.W. from Des Moines
on January 26, 2011
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I have a 15 yo step daugher who live with me and her dad primarily; she sees her mom twice per week and every ohter weekend. Gets along fine with her mom, not a big f...
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- I agree with Amanda that natural consequences has to take hold in order for her to learn. Be supportive, but also do not protect her from those consquences. Parenting ...
- Welcome to the Teen years. I still believe with all my heart that aliens clone our good children and leave these clones in their place! You can tell when the cloning...
- When you are fifteen EVERYTHING is dramatic and if it isn't, you want it to be and if it still isn't, you try and make it as dramatic as possible. Not all fifteen...
Privatizing Liquor Is on Our Ballot This fall...Now I Need Opinions
Asked by E.B. from Seattle
on October 24, 2011
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So this November the State of Washington is trying to Privatized Liquor sales.
We have always had our Liquor stores run by the State. Meaning you can not walk into...
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- I love my ABC store (our liquor store) and it's employees!... up north, they were 'package stores' and you could buy more than liquor... I like that too. I'd also love...
- We are not an ABC control state. They sell beer and wine at the grocery store. and then we have liquor stores, but not state owned. Carding is HUGE here.if you look ...
- Thank you for bringing this up. I'm in WA as well - and very conflicted. We buy hard alcohol (aside from wine/beer) on a VERY rare occasion. I have appreciated hearing...
My 14 Year Old Daughter Has a 16 Year Old Boyfriend.
Asked by J.B. from Boston
on March 26, 2008
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I have a very mature and responsible freshman daughter who has been "dating" a 16 1/2 year old junior. She sees him at school and talks to him on the phone. I have l...
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- Dear J., i ha a hard time understanding what could be wrong with this? Sounds perfectly healthy and normal to me. You say you trst your daughter, so that's great. ...
- Hi J.! Having had teenagers I can tell you that it sounds as if you are making a positive step. If you told her she couldn't see him they would probably just sneak a...
- Just thought I'd throw this in... When I was 14 dating a 17 year old boy, our families of course were skeptical... I ended up dating him throughout high school a...
Serving Alcohol to Minors
Asked by C.W. from Lynchburg
on January 16, 2012
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I had just finished typing an answer to a post...and I sent it...and 'poof' it disappeared!
I thought it was a legit question...
How do YOU feel about parents se...
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- this is no longer a moral question, if you serve alcohol to minors (other than your own children) you could be taken to court. You could lose everything. Not worth the...
- I agree with Robin M. When we were in Europe, the legal age was/is 18 so we allowed our oldest to have beer. We know he drinks at college and we cannot control him. ...
- I agree that if you can be drafted at 18 then you should be able to drink at 18. If you responsible/ smart enough to vote for a president you should be able to drink ...
