I am not trying to get you all mad at me
or anything, I just feel that he is an
elected official and that we shouldn't
make rude remarks about him. I am not a
fan of .Clinton but when he was president
I was never, ever allowed to say anything
negative about him. It's a rough job being
president, being in the spotlight and all.
I know I wouldn't take it for the measly
250k a year that it
pays.
I was also making light of the situation.
But I was brought up to question
authority, and to protest what i think is
wrong.
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Birch
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Posted: 07-09-07 10:47am
tigresacanela24
wrote:
Birch
wrote:
tigresacanela24
wrote:
on the alcohol issue i'm
really torn. here's where the cultural
differences that i'm always talking about
come into play once again. i grew up
being allowed to drink. not throw back
beer after beer but a taste of this, a
glass of that. watered down wine as a
child. spoons of champagne at new years.
i don't see the big deal. but at the same
time this is the us and it is illegal. I
don't want to break the law. As far as
serving other children alcohol, it would
never happen. geez, what
good was that post? i don't really have
an opinion after all.
yeah, I was thinking about your kind of
experience earlier when referencing the
european way of introducing wine with
dinner. Did you think that your gradual
and nonchalant intro to alcohol
contributed to a more relaxed view on
drinking? What were your drinking habits
as a teen?
.Bush doesn't make laws, musikmaker.
He breaks them. :
It did to a certain extent. I was fine
with alcohol up until I went to college.
In high school I couldn't be pressured
into drinking because it wasn't a big deal
to me, plus I had no respect for people
who drank to excess. It's considered
extremely bad mannered and immature to
allow yourself to drink so much that you
lose control. College however was a
different matter. I was trying terribly
hard to fit in because I went from being
big fish in a small pond to microscopic
fish in the ocean. Then I started
drinking to fit in and there began the
problems. I don't believe that drinking
as a child caused any of those problems
though. I think my own personal issues
did.
Ah, I see. I bet you'll find many a
college students who drank more for the
social acceptance than the alcohol bit of
it. Thanks for sharing!
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forumnut
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jul 2007 Posts: 9
Posted: 07-20-07 21:28pm
Keep them safe, educate them about the
effects and dangers and hope like heck
they make the right descisions eh?
My mother knew I was drinking in my teens
and that there was nothing she could do to
stop me, and she made it known that she
didn't like it... I still respect that
about her...
But she still had a couple of rules:
Rule 1: She always wanted to know where I
was and that I was safe. If I left to go
somewhere else I was to call, didn't
matter if it was 3 in the morning.
rule 2: If the cops caught me, don't call
home
It's hard to know what to do isn't it? I'm
torn too...
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MPR_Dan
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 1
Posted: 03-13-08 21:35pm
I started drinking at 13.
My mother doesn't really approve and
neither does my father or step-mother,
but, whether they let me or not, it's
going to happen anyway. They didn't even
know I had ever had anything to drink
until I was 15.
I stopped drinking almost completely after
I joined the fire company because I didn't
want to miss any calls.
But I also was, and still am, extremely
mature for my age.
They wouldn't let my brother drink in a
million years.
I'm not saying I really think it is a good
thing, but their not going to stop them
from doing it either. I would rather know
when my kid will be.
I also thought that I might add that they
DO NOT buy any type of alcohol for me.
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RebelCats
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Posted: 03-31-08 17:54pm
I can tell you now mu boys will not get
alcohol in my house nor any of my family
members house.
I started all my drinking and drug habits
when I was 13. By age 15 my mom and step
dad allowed my to smoke cigs with them as
well as pot. After I had my oldest son at
17 my mom allowed me to full fledge party
with them. And from the time I was 17 1/2
to almost 19 I drank and smoked literally
from the time I got up to the time I
passed out at night. I no longer lived
with my mom and really just crashed at
whoever's house even people I did not
really know. Now no alcohol is allowed in
my house. My other family that I use to
party with no longer does and alcohol is
not allowed in their home.
Because of my past experiences no I will
not allow my kids to drink alcohol while
under age period. And if I do find them
drinking underage and under my roof there
will be heck to pay.
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cygnusss
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 10
Posted: 04-03-08 15:28pm
Rebelcats, what does your mother have to
say about her behavior now?
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RebelCats
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Posted: 04-04-08 18:23pm
We don't really talk about it. I know that
I was the last of the kids my mom made
those offers to. I have 1 older brother
and 2 older sisters and she made the offer
to them when they were younger and they
said no (they did things just not with
her). I accepted and my mom watched my
decline after that. I lived one city over
and she did not know from one day to the
next where I was staying. She would
literally just drive around town and hope
she saw me so she would know where I was
at. She never made the same offer to my
little sister.
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worrywart01
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Posted: 05-27-08 15:29pm
I think theres a certain age that you
should be accepting of your teenager
trying alcohol..i was raised in a house
hold where my parents RARELY drank even a
glass of wine, I went to college at 18 4
hours away and with the newfound freedom,
curiosity got the best of me and I got
carried away with drinking freshman
year...SO...with that said..I think that
maybe senior year of high school you
should teach your kid to be responsible
with alcohol, maybe a half a glass of wine
at dinner wouldn't be soooo terrible just
so if/when they do go to college..they
wont go crazy(hopefully)..however, I dont
think you should encourage the drinking
and supply it whenever the teenager wants
it
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