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Originally Posted by ken0042
My thought- perhaps it isn't that bad of an idea. I recall being a kid of about 10 years old, and at family gatherings like Christmas being allowed to have a very small glass of wine; just to be included as part of the family. The glasses my sister and I got were pretty much fancy shot glasses; I doubt they help more than 1.5 ounces.
This way parents can now bring home 2 bottles of wine; one for the kids and one for the adults, and the kids don't have to be given any alcohol.
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I was raised in a European household, so maybe my attitudes on alcohol are much more liberal than the average North American poster, but I've always felt it was important for children to have a bit of alcohol (ie: a glass of wine with dinner). It was engrained in me at a very young age that alcohol is a cultural thing, and drinking is always social and happy, to be done with friends and family, and never to abuse it. I had my first glass of wine around 9 (at first with a little sprite), but when I was about 12, there was always a glass of wine by my plate. When I was about 14, I always had a beer at family gatherings as well as my traditional glass of wine with dinner.
When I turned 18, it was just another day. I didn't get hammered (since I had been buying beer, wine and spirits underage for 2 years). This is a much different story than most of my friends, who had alcohol treated as a taboo, and proceeded to abuse it like crazy when they turned 18.
"Robby Bubble" is not a bad idea to me, since it can be used to teach kids the social aspect of alcohol, and trains them to be responsible drinkers the older they get. Of course, there's sparkling apple juice at Safeway in Champagne bottles that does the same thing without the bad connotation of getting drunk.