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Have you tasted alcohol?

 
Though the drinking age in the U.S. has been 21 for nearly three decades, many states have exceptions for alcohol consumption by minors, often when in the company of a family member. So while it’s not outlandish that tweens and teens have sipped alcohol before their 21st birthdays, it does come as a surprise that one-third of third graders surveyed in a new study have tasted beer, wine or liquor.

 

Researchers studied 1,050 mothers and their third-grade kids to see if children were being purposefully introduced to alcohol at a young age, and, if so, to find out why. They discovered that one in four mothers believe that allowing kids to taste alcoholic beverages when they're young will discourage them from drinking recklessly as tweens and teens.

 

According to The Huffington Post, however, these parents couldn’t be more wrong. Past studies have found that fifth-graders who were allowed to have alcohol by their parents are twice as likely to report recent alcohol use in seventh grade, and those who begin drinking before age 15 are six times more likely to develop problems with alcohol than those who start drinking at 21. Yikes!

 

What do you think of this study, babe? Do your parents let you sip from their drinks at home?
 
 

BY BRITTANY TAYLOR ON 9/24/2012 5:27:00 PM

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I have had a few sips of beer and wine but my family doesn't drink much at all. I think the whole give them some alcohol when there young thing isn't a good idea though, just because they don't like it when there young doesn't mean that they won't try it again when there older.

by iluvmusic♥ on 9/25/2012 1:04:57 PM

 
 

Yuck i would never drink!!!!

by seekthetruth929 on 9/25/2012 7:45:10 AM

 
 

I occasionally have a sip of diluted wine when I go to church. and most of the times I say no thnx

by KoolBeenz on 9/25/2012 7:22:36 AM

 
 

I don't think it's an issue I have had wine for religious ceremonies and I've had a sip of champagne for a toast.I have friends from other countries who've been drinking since they were eight (watered down wine) and one from Germany who on occasion would get a beer with her friends.Even though they started drinking young it's a part of the culture and their parents set rules and limits and showed their kids how to be responsible.I think the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen, if you really want to drink you'll find a way to do it; and if it's legal it is probably safer.

by arg5890 on 9/24/2012 8:51:40 PM

 
 

I've tried beer and wine once when i was younger.Just a sip! I'll never have it again it was so gross. No thank you!

by Magicgal18 on 9/24/2012 8:32:56 PM

 
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