My daughter says to me...?

In France they apparently give their kids wine with dinner and they don't have so many teenage alcoholic problems! Encourage her to treat wine as an interest and not as something to down by the bottle (as I do!) and I think you'll end up with an non-repressed, knowledgeable daughter with a wiser head on her shoulders than her friends who have been denied any alcohol as it's "bad" because teenager want to rebel

all kids are fascinated with alcohol because it is for adults only. I liked the taste of wine, beer, champaigne and dacqueri's when I was her age and much younger. I sipped my parents drinks sometimes. I was never allowed more than one or two sips when I was her age. I am 33 and I may buy a box of wine once a year, and it lasts all year. I drink so little that I could honestly say I don't drink. I am not telling you to let her drink. I don't think making it into a huge crime to her will help much, if she does ask for a sip. It may make her want to rebel. I have a 13 yr old son and he loves the taste of beer. My husband and I hardly ever drink. When my child does drink the first time, I would rather it be at home than any where else. But he understands that alcohol is for adults.

Where you are it might actually be against the law for a minor to drink wine but that is not the issue.

If a child is allowed develope a taste for wine by usually introducing it in a diluted form and reducing the dilution with their age they generally are not going to need a stomach pump or time in the local hospital recovery room having drunk to much whatever,

On the subject of good wines how much pocket money can you give her to indulge her habit or is your wine cellar her new toy.

I would say to suport her in her interests.Let her get the education behind it ,there are plenty of fine wine classes on the weekends etc were she can learn the difference between the diff wines how to age it how they make it, what makes one more special then the other. without drinking it.And as for the other comments on your question they need to get a life, if a kid (13) gets a sip of her mothers wine whall her parents are present that is fine and nothing wrong with it.Hope i helped your question.

I personally think that a small amount would not hurt her at all, maybe 1/2 of what you would have in a glass, if you make a big deal out of it, she will be one of those kids that sneaks behind your back and drinks and gets in trouble, but if you teach her to respect the wine and allow a small amount now, there will be no thrill to it when she gets older, I did the same with my boys, only it was beer, now they are 21 and 22 and neither one when out and got $hit faced for their birthdays, they had a couple of drinks with their friends to celebrate, but there was no thrill in getting hammered, you also need to make your daughter aware that this is an adult thing she is doing and should not be bragged about with her friends, not everyone will approve of it, however i dont see the harm in a small about every now and then

I think you should allow her to try it. A sip now and then is NOT going to turn her into an alcoholic. It is better to allow her to drink with you present, then to have her go out and drink on her own. With you there, she is less likely to over do it.

When me and my 3 siblings we younger, our parents would have a beer now and then. They would get 4 little glasses out and let us kids share a beer. None of us drink all that much now as adults. I do not drink beer at all. When I DO drink, I drink rum and then my husband teases me because he says I do not even have a shot of rum, I have a few drops of rum. I have had the same two bottles of rum in my freezer since last Thanksgiving. Both are still more than half full.

Dont let her drink a few glasses a day but I think it is normally healthy for her to have an interest in wine. I think it is wonderful she wants to be a collecter and not something everybody wants to be like a doctor or a lawyer. Just dont let her be an alcoholic maybe a glass a week is suffecient. Good luck!!

Let her sip whatever wine she wants. A sip isn't going to cause any harm. Now several sips will so that's not advisable. As long as you teach her to be responsible. You have done the right thing,

Well.... If she is 13 I think she should at lest wate till she is about 16 to aculy think about if she really wants to be a wine collector. I guess it wold be a wonderful job but still she is only 13...Talk to her about what she wants to do with her life, If she wants to get mered befor she is 30 or if she wants a family or if she wants to be a buesness women. Or if she just wants it as a hobby, Or dose she want to have a wine tasting baseness whene she is older. It relly is alot to think about.

i am a believer that should your child be of an age YOU think is old enough then as long as it is in small amounts at home with you where they will not be leaving the house for the rest of the night let them try it. just make sure they know that is the only place and time they are allowed to.

look at the number of alcohol related accidents and alcoholics in countries with lower drinking ages they are lower too. our drinking age in the USA is stupid and does nothing good just bad. research it.