Your parents regarding alcohol.

[Blood]

I've been drinking alcohol since I was 13. My parents have no problem with it. They have a liquor cabinet that is always open, and they've even gone so far as to buy me alcohol when I ask. That being said, I wouldn't say they exactly "encourage" me to drink, but they don't have anything against it. I think its more that they don't care. I drink often, but I'm not constantly drunk.


What do your parents think about you drinking alcohol? Is it allowed or not?

[Luminous]

My parents- or at least my dad- are religious Jews and we have 'Kiddush' every Friday night and we used to do it as well on Saturday afternoon. All the kids get a sip of wine. Unfortunately my brother is spoiled rotten (6 years old) and goes as far as gulping it down and asking for more. My dad has intentionally added a little more to my cup than needed, and my mom has jokingly (I think?) offered me some when we have both had a long day and my dad offers her wine. I say no because 1. I don't really want to drink and 2. because if my mom is actually joking, she'll laugh and laugh which is embarrasing. (Also, I can't spell that :() On Passover you're supposed to drink 4 full cups of wine. I usually get one full cup of wine, one half wine-half grape juice, and the other two grape juice. I enjoy drinking it I guess but I never like considered stealing wine(which is all we have lol, like 6% alchohol). I'm actually quite timid in real life. I don't ask for a lot of stuff and I don't say a lot of things because I'm scared of being laughed at, since usually when I say something I mean to be serious and intelligent people laugh and tell me how wrong and innocent I am. TBH I don't think either of my parents have been drunk more than once or twice, and would strongly disapprove of me drinking more than a few sips as part of a (pointless) religious ceremony.

[LouBerry]

No, my parents would never let me drink, but then again, that's not something that really appeals to me, so the rules have never really been laid down.

[teen.jpg]

I'm 14, I hope they wouldn't.

[PinkFloyd]

Both my parents are very law respecting people. Like they will not do something if it's against the law no questions asked. Like my mom has told me that pot is not bad and should be legalized, but if she ever found out I was doing it, she would get really mad and report me to my coaches getting me kicked off the teams.

That being said, same goes for booze. When we were in Italy, I was allowed to get drinks because it was legal there. Long story short, I had some shots and puked in a canal.

So, yes and no. No most of the time because we're in the US and it's illegal, but sometimes because when we visit another country it's legal and I can have it.

[wishfulthinker]

my dad is an alcoholic :( but never offered to me but dont care if i do

[Abyssal Echo]

considering that my Father starting giving me beer at 4 and my mom taught me how to make mixed drinks at 7. yes my mom knows I drink.

[conniption]

My mom bought my sister and I a six pack twice, and we were only allowed to drink them around her. I'm not really crazy for alcohol, so I don't think I'll drink again. And my dad is against me drinking.

[Elysium]

I've never had any interest, so my parents never took a stance on it. They've allowed me to try alcoholic drinks, though - even encouraged me to a few times, but I don't see them supporting me getting drunk.

[Mynick]

I'm 16 and here in Portugal we are allowed to drink when we reached this age.
That being said, yes they allow me to drink what i want as long as i dont get drunk. I also have good resistence to alcohol, so i dont get easly drunk.

[Running420]

My parents gave me a drink first when i was 12, since then i have been popping them bottles!

[GuardianofReason]

My parents would not be impressed if they caught me drinking liquor, nor do I really want to, it seems like it taste disgusting, and it can impair brain development (so they say). It seems like the negatives outway the positives.

My parents are fine with drinking when 18+, but they warn me to be responsible. Once they gave me a smallest sip of this low alcoholic cocktail, it tasted disgusting. They gave it to me to show, "that it's not that amazing".

No, my parents aren't tightasses, they just do what they think is right.

[justin 13]

The older boys in my church told us to avoid alcohol my Dad aswell.

[Lost in the Echo]

My parents are cool with me drinking. I think it's because I've proven I can do it responsibly, as I've never really done anything outrageously stupid or irresponsible when I've drank.

[Human]

I think in England most parents are more relaxed, at least where I come from. My parents have bought me alcohol for parties before, they know although I'll go have a fun time and get drunk that I'm not stupid enough to do something dangerous

[Harley Quinn]

My parents both have issues with alcohol, by that I mean my dad is an alcoholic and my mum just drinks anyway. They've told me they don't like me drinking, but they've always said what they don't know doesn't hurt them. Basically, as long as they don't know what I get up to while drunk they don't really care. This was before I was legal, they just pretended that it never existed with me because they knew I'd learn from my brother being a dickhead with alcohol. Which, I did. I know my limits and I'm not stupid enough to drink myself into a coma like the rest of my family like to do. I'm legal now, so even if they wanted to stop me, theoretically they can't anyway. But, they do have an element of trust when it comes to me and alcohol because they know I'm not the biggest fan of it in the world.

[1_21Guns]

I've always been allowed to drink for as long as I can really remember, they've never stopped me anyway. My father was an alcoholic and I think mum just drank because she thought it'd help, either way they've never said anything against it. Since my parents split up years ago mum doesn't drink any more and as far as I know my father is still drinking himself into oblivion. My mum's bought me spirits since I was around 15 if I asked for them, she knows I'm not stupid with it so I guess she doesn't fuss over it.

[These.scars.are.me.]

my parents are ok on this stuff. mum is more relaxed than dad. she lets me have a glass of wine or a low alcohol content beer and if i have been really good all week i can get away with a wkd. last time mum and dad had cider though, dad gave me quite big glass, i drank half of it and felt funny so i dont think cider agrees with me!!!

[Syvelocin]

My first full drink was when I was sixteen, although that was the first time I had asked other than when I first tried beer at I-don't-know-what-age. I only drink on special occasions. I'm really not fond of the stuff in the first place, let alone after childhood trauma that's caused me to avoid it so heavily. But all I really can stand is wine and champagne. I'm really not into beer and hard liquor. I turned 21 three months ago and have yet to buy anything. It isn't really exciting since I could already do so in England.

[Poisonberry]

I have wine and/or champagne all the time in front of my parents, but I don't drink to excess and it's never been a big deal.

[BuryYourFlame]

Eh, I was drinking a fair bit before my parents knew I was (as in late 15's), but at around 17 dad didn't really have a problem with me drinking, with the legal age being 18 and all.

[DerBear]

My parents have always taught me about drinking in moderation as opposed to drinking to get drunk. My parents have never said "No" to me when I've asked for alcohol but then again I've never really had to ask as such, my parents do buy me my own type of beer since I don't like many others but then my dad ends up drinking it because it sits in the fridge for so long (you can tell I drink often :p)

So yeah I guess they're cool with it so to speak. Now my sister she's another story :p

[xXl0sth0peXx]

I've been drinking alcohol since I was 13. My parents have no problem with it. They have a liquor cabinet that is always open, and they've even gone so far as to buy me alcohol when I ask. That being said, I wouldn't say they exactly "encourage" me to drink, but they don't have anything against it. I think its more that they don't care. I drink often, but I'm not constantly drunk.

This, this, and this. Someone like me, lol

For a while, my parents cared and locked shit up; at this point for probably 2 years now, they just haven't. They don't really know I drink but they know I like stuff. I will dig into their stash a couple times a month and just lay it on myself and have fun. My mom gives me wine though, she drinks it everyday almost and she'll give me some at this point. I don't know what they'd think if they knew, they'd probably lock the stuff up, but I don't know. I do enjoy it though.

[Kelsey1031]

my dad has allowed me and my brother to drink a little bit of beer with him around. he's not going to let us go crazy, but there have been saturday or sunday afternoons this summer where we were all just relaxing by the pool & he let me have a beer.

[ToxicApple69]

No, but I could if I want too, if I did it at a friends house or something. I just don't care to drink or smoke though, I try to stay clean.

[Hyper]

My parent is a realist so I got to try a drink here or there since 12~. I basically got blatantly drunk when I was 14 without any fear of being caught though I wasn't punished and I didn't really like it that much that I started drinking right there.

I started slowly drinking beer/wine when I was 15 every now and then. And ''discovered'' more drinking when I was 16, hard liquor and stuff. My mother didn't really fight it just always educated me on the subject of drinking i.e don't mix drinks, don't go get smashed with people you don't know, drink lots of water to not get a hangover the next day and so on.

Nothing bad ever happened though I got smashed a lot when I was 16-17 since drinking was new and a bit more interesting than it is for me now.

[Croconaw]

They allow me to drink, but I would never think of it.

[kylem1229]

They offered me a sip, but I declined it. I decided along time ago that I will never drink alcohol, and im staying with that. And if my future employer (The sherrifs dept) finds out that I had a drink, they wouldnt be too happy.

[Cognizant]

My dad is sensitive about the topic, because he just recently stopped drinking to improve the quality of our family life. My mom is less sensitive about it. Regardless, they would both be very unhappy if they found me drinking alcohol, or doing any other drug for that matter. They used to offer me a bit of their Piña Coladas and a sip of beer when my dad would make beer, but they do definitely mind me drinking.

[jessiecox1]

No, my parents don't allow me to drink.

[Cygnus]

I think they wouldn't allow me to drink, but they don't have to worry about that since I am not a big fan of alcohol, especially not in large amounts.

[Leon03]

My parents don't encourage me to drink though we live in Germany and beer is considered liquid bread :D
They teach us to handle alcohol the right way thus it's nothing they'd attract us to with a ban lol

[puffmylife]

Alcohol is not bad for the health if taken with moderation. I guess they just trust you that you won't bring yourself in to much of drinking alcohol that's why they tolerate you. Try to be drunk once and make some ruckus - you'll be banned from it for sure.

[Rexster]

my dad doesn't drink and has always told us no alcohol period. i think my oldest bro does sometimes but never at home. and no way would i. it makes people do dumb stuff :)

[Texas warrior]

My dad lets me have a beer or to every once and a while, and my mom lets me have some wine every once and a while. But they do not let me have as much as I want. And if they knew about my liquor cabnet raids, they would be none too happy.

[GrobarBG'98]

I live in country where alcoholism is the most normal thing. My parents don't mind me drinking as long as I don't get drunk or something. lol

Here and there, I have a beer or 2 with dad.

[Forsaken]

I live with my Mom and she's the type of person who doesn't stop you from doing anything. I was offered one once I turned 13 since that's kind of a thing in our house, but I didn't bother. If I decided to now though, she'd probably catch me accidently drunk or while I'm sneaking the bottle and give me a small scolding and take it back. Her boyfriend, however, would flip a shit on me, same with my Dad.

[Hollywood]

If there's ever any alcohol in the house, I usually have a little of it. But not enough to get drunk or even noticably buzzed. I doubt I would be allowed to do it anymore if I just started getting plastered every time.

[BenL17]

My parents let me drink as ling as they know the people I am with and where we are going. As long as no one is driving, they don't really care.

[Raynes]

My parents didn't/don't particularly care. What they care about is that I'm being responsible and making good choices -- not whether or not I drink a beer and watch The Whitest Kids U'Know after work.

[ScottishFilipino]

My mother never really had a problem with me trying a drink here and there. She thinks that when parents are very strict towards things like that it makes their kids want to go drink and stuff. Although, I'm not a big fan of alcohol myself.

[Wyatt 13]

I'm curious but my parents wont let me try.