BrunoMT made this comment in another thread when he was explaining how he teaches his children about safety in his home and it got me thinking:
My daughters and I have a pretty close relationship and I have always tried to have an open honest rapport with them regarding parties and drinking/drugs etc. This year my youngest daughter started high school and of course started going to parties where alcohol was present. She has been honest and open and we have always known when she has been drinking but I can honestly say I have never seen her so stupidly drunk and I am very proud of her for that.
Lately she has opted out of going to these parties because she is absolutely disgusted with her friends and the way they act. She says that her friends are usually so wasted by 9:00 pm that the party is basically over and she spends the rest of the evening taking care of them and cleaning up puke. She doesn't understand why they do that and why they can't just sit around and have a drink or two, maybe get a little giddy and laugh and have a good time. At the last party she was at a girl was so drunk she fell down the stairs, put a whole in the wall and my daughter finally had to call the parents and get her picked up.
So here are my self defence questions for you.
What do or would you tell your children regarding alcohol and drugs and what do you do to help keep them safe.
Do you or would you if you had children absolutely ban drinking by them until they were of legal age (18 here in Manitoba) or would you keep an open rapport with them and want to know what they are doing.
If you were to know and / or allow them to drink and go to parties would you supply the alcohol for them because you would want to know what they were drinking as opposed to not knowing where or what they were drinking?
And finally would you allow them to have parties in your home under your supervision to ensure safe environment for them and be responsible for making sure they all got home safely?
Alcohol and drug education to our children is imperative and a huge part of self defence, especially to our young girls. It worries me as I know of a girl who was raped because she was so out of it from drugs and alcohol that she doesn't even know who it was that raped her and the fear of that happening to one of my children terrifies me.
I am looking forward to your responses and debate as I think we can learn a lot from each other. :asian:
Btw, I will use the same approach to teaching them to drink alcohol in their teens. I'd much prefer if they learn the effects of alcohol in a safe environment, instead of at a party with a bottle of booze from someone's liquor cabinet.
My daughters and I have a pretty close relationship and I have always tried to have an open honest rapport with them regarding parties and drinking/drugs etc. This year my youngest daughter started high school and of course started going to parties where alcohol was present. She has been honest and open and we have always known when she has been drinking but I can honestly say I have never seen her so stupidly drunk and I am very proud of her for that.
Lately she has opted out of going to these parties because she is absolutely disgusted with her friends and the way they act. She says that her friends are usually so wasted by 9:00 pm that the party is basically over and she spends the rest of the evening taking care of them and cleaning up puke. She doesn't understand why they do that and why they can't just sit around and have a drink or two, maybe get a little giddy and laugh and have a good time. At the last party she was at a girl was so drunk she fell down the stairs, put a whole in the wall and my daughter finally had to call the parents and get her picked up.
So here are my self defence questions for you.
What do or would you tell your children regarding alcohol and drugs and what do you do to help keep them safe.
Do you or would you if you had children absolutely ban drinking by them until they were of legal age (18 here in Manitoba) or would you keep an open rapport with them and want to know what they are doing.
If you were to know and / or allow them to drink and go to parties would you supply the alcohol for them because you would want to know what they were drinking as opposed to not knowing where or what they were drinking?
And finally would you allow them to have parties in your home under your supervision to ensure safe environment for them and be responsible for making sure they all got home safely?
Alcohol and drug education to our children is imperative and a huge part of self defence, especially to our young girls. It worries me as I know of a girl who was raped because she was so out of it from drugs and alcohol that she doesn't even know who it was that raped her and the fear of that happening to one of my children terrifies me.
I am looking forward to your responses and debate as I think we can learn a lot from each other. :asian: