my kids are 8 & 5 so I am thinking I probably have a while before I have to think about this. but I know it's probably gonna be sooner than I think. I think I was in 5th grade when I first went to a place where people were drinking. mostly "older kids" who were probably like 14 or 15. I didn't have the guts to try it but I did have a wine cooler in 7th grade lol. in retrospect I'm kinda glad White Claws didn't exist back then. I imagine that's responsible for a lot of underage drinking - we all had our Busch Lites and Milwaukee's Best (my first reaction: "damn, this is the best you have?") but they tasted so shitty nobody really made a habit of it.
as for weed I would probably prefer my kids get into that rather than alcohol. feel like teenagers do way more dumb shit when drunk, I sure as hell did, while my high times were mostly watching The Simpsons and weird music videos. fwiw they may have a taste for it already, my dumb ass hotboxed the house making tea for the first time not realizing what would happen if I left the lid off.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 11 January 2023 19:52 (one year ago) link