Writer's Block: Young and driven
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Legal drinking age is 21 here in Texas. But I was raised up north.
I was raised in a State where minors could be given alcohol by their parents. Intent was that the parents supervised so kids learned how to drink responsibly.
This was also during a time when the drinking age was 18. They've raised that to 21 now.
My parents would come home and each have a beer which we kids would line up to get a 'sip' of. *smiles* Amazing how when you put your hand up to help steady the can it can retard tipping the can back down and you can get more then 'just a sip'.
Results:
I don't drink often and never if I'm driving at all because I'm not able to function well enough under even a little of the influence to be responsible for the important people and activities in my life.
I agree with how I was raised. Under a parent's supervision children can be introduced to alcohol and taught how to use it responsibly if at all. There is no great mystique to it.
21 seems like a good age but I think too, if you are capable enough to take on adult responsibility like putting your life on the line for your country then you should be capable enough to drink responsibly. If you can't be responsible then expect to earn the full punishment and don't whine about impaired judgement making you do something you wouldn't normally do. It's the same as driving while exhausted enough you shouldn't be behind the wheel or on allergy/prescribed medications.
Legal drinking age is 21 here in Texas. But I was raised up north.
I was raised in a State where minors could be given alcohol by their parents. Intent was that the parents supervised so kids learned how to drink responsibly.
This was also during a time when the drinking age was 18. They've raised that to 21 now.
My parents would come home and each have a beer which we kids would line up to get a 'sip' of. *smiles* Amazing how when you put your hand up to help steady the can it can retard tipping the can back down and you can get more then 'just a sip'.
Results:
I don't drink often and never if I'm driving at all because I'm not able to function well enough under even a little of the influence to be responsible for the important people and activities in my life.
I agree with how I was raised. Under a parent's supervision children can be introduced to alcohol and taught how to use it responsibly if at all. There is no great mystique to it.
21 seems like a good age but I think too, if you are capable enough to take on adult responsibility like putting your life on the line for your country then you should be capable enough to drink responsibly. If you can't be responsible then expect to earn the full punishment and don't whine about impaired judgement making you do something you wouldn't normally do. It's the same as driving while exhausted enough you shouldn't be behind the wheel or on allergy/prescribed medications.
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Date: 2010-05-01 03:52 pm (UTC)so... i was raised almost same as you and totally agree with you about teaching children about alcohol and let them have a sip under their supervision
most children doesn't like alcohol too much, it's too strong for them so in my sister's case, it turned in she not liking alcohol at all, just beer and certain sweet drinks but she almost never drink and if she does it's in very little amounts
and ..in my case.. i loved it LMAO, but not beer, i didn't want to try beer and wine again until i was long over 21
as a child i loved cider and sweet sparkling wine but i only could have a bit of it at Xmas or New Year and they only let me have half a glass when i was over 15... anyway, when i was of legal age, i had more of it XD, and yes, i really like alcohol, now i even like the bitter tasting drinks but i don't feel the need of having it in big amounts, usually i become sleepy or happy, depends on the drink, after a glass.... so normally i stop there :P
i drink when i want which lately is really not often and well... i don't have a car *giggles* (the only problem is when i'm in a bar or disco cause "happiness" makes me look at men as if they were all Brad Pitt or Jared Leto... and then when i sober a bit i realize that i'm dancing with Lyle Lovett... XD)
and yes... responsability in my opinion is not a matter of age, is more a matter of how your are raised and what things and values are taught to you....
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Date: 2010-05-01 04:22 pm (UTC)Only times I've had more then a few glasses there was active vomiting into the next day. I have enough problems during bad allergy seasons with motion sickness from just living on the Earth. hmmmmm Maybe that has something to do with it.
It seems to be endemic in our culture to not take responsibility for our actions. We like to blame it on other things. (says the mom who makes excuses for her son with Asperger's Syndrome *sighs*) For those things that we can control.. we should and if we don't we need to realise there are consequences.
Need to go off and talk at myself. *sighs* Son has passive-aggressive down to an art.. don't know where he got it from *refuses to look in the mirror right now*
*SMILES* Don't have to worry about him drinking.. he hates the taste of even the good stuff. Amaretto yummmmm; over ice cream or in coffee or pudding or... *grins*
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Date: 2010-05-02 12:27 am (UTC)anyway, i had my moments when i drank just cause i wanted and too much but only once ended in throwing up... and not the next morning, it was right there...LOL, but i had a hard mix for me (a very strong margarita, then 3 full glasses of red wine cause i was thirsty...)
and after that i learned the lesson... do not mix XD
your son really has a problem there...no Amaretto??? well, his problem, give it to me! LOL
Let's see if this works
Date: 2010-05-02 02:51 am (UTC)I believe it did. *SMILE* Now don't drink it all at once.