Wine and Children???

[mrdutton]

Our family policy was simple, I think.

When the young were old enough to sit at the "adult table", then they were old enough to start drinking the wine with dinner.

This implied, to me, that one must display a certain amount of maturity before one was invited to "join".

Not a lot mind you........ cuz after the wine came the "after dinner drinks". Sometimes that was better!?!

None-the-less, I think that policy helped us understand drinking without having to abuse the consumption thereof. (Not that that ever happened - duh!) But an effort was made to get us off onto a reasonable footing, if not a responsible one.

Introduce your children to alcohol in the privacy of your home when YOU feel they are able to handle the responsibility of their consumption, no matter how meager or how great.

That is my humble opinion.