silentcharon Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 This is interesting. I too, had a problem with alcohol when I was 16- I started drinking at 15 and it soon went out of control. Looking back at it now, I thank god I had my parents to bust my butt over it. We all go through phases- people will experiment with things at some point of their lives. I personally would rather experiement at a young age, with the guidance of my parents, than be on my own as a legal adult and start experimenting on my own. When I hit 18, I was less apt to hit the bars or clubs for alcohol. Why? Because I had already been there and done that. I was past my phase- I knew what it was like to get drunk and all that nasty stuff. I know a few people who never tried anything because their parents were so strict- once they became legal, they went crazy with alcohol and drugs because they haven't learned anything yet, and it was new to them. Their parents could no longer do anything about it, since they were legal now. In my opinion, this caused more problems for them, than it would have if they started at an earlier age under the guidance of their parents to teach them the consequences of abusing alcohol/drugs. Of course, this is just based on my own experiences and what I have seen.
PussInHeels Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 I have no idea what dogs are....but then again I'm in the US and the drug slang isn't exactly the same. I do know "corn dogs" are marijuana joints with cocaine (I don't know who makes this stuff up ). So dogs could be regular joints maybe? Never heard it called that though, and I don't want to get the kid in trouble if he's not doing any drugs. (I totally missed the post where "2 dogs" was identified. Now this alcohol bit makes more sense...sorry) I have a personal take on the whole alcohol thing. Despite the fact that the drinking is 21, me and all my other friends started drinking like 15-16 (which coincidently is around the same age we got our licenses...hmm a slight flaw in the system maybe?). The alcohol was easy to get, and we were fascinated with it, but it got old quickly and it wasn't like we could drink all time with parents and police, etc. When I got to college, my roommates were drinking themselves into stupors and failing their classes because they were drinking amateurs, while I partied but dealt with alcohol much better and did well in my classes. All of my friends pretty much did the same. I'm not an advocate of kids drinking at all, but the thing is they will. And if they can't, there's plenty of other options that are more entertaining and have no age restriction. When I was 18, my friends and I would go to clubs all the time. But it was a drag going out with older friends who could drink and hanging out in the club sober with big Xs on our hands. So what did many under 21 club goers do? Let's just say alcohol was the only substance in the club that required a wristband. I met many kids who chose to do drugs if they couldn't get anyone to sneak them drinks. Now that I'm older I know how sad that was. If kids are going to drink, they should at least raise the driving age so they don't all drive into trees (that also happened a few times in my circle).
silentcharon Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 I'm not an advocate of kids drinking at all, but the thing is they will. And if they can't, there's plenty of other options that are more entertaining and have no age restriction. When I was 18, my friends and I would go to clubs all the time. But it was a drag going out with older friends who could drink and hanging out in the club sober with big Xs on our hands. So what did many under 21 club goers do? Let's just say alcohol was the only substance in the club that required a wristband. I met many kids who chose to do drugs if they couldn't get anyone to sneak them drinks. Now that I'm older I know how sad that was. If kids are going to drink, they should at least raise the driving age so they don't all drive into trees (that also happened a few times in my circle). I agree with the poster- Kids will do it anyway. It's same with sex- even though you don't want them to do it, they will. So you have the choice of either letting them sneak around behind your back, or you could let them do it under your supervision, where they can be safe and you are there in case anything ever happened. You can tell your kids about safe sex, while you might condone them doing at a young age, you want them to be safe if they ever decide to do it anyway. That's how I would want to do it.
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