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CTyankee

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7. It is just part of our overall American "alcohol" problem.

Mon Jan 9, 2012, 06:02 PM

Jan 2012

If you go to Europe, particularly Western Europe, you find a mature, reasonable attitude about drinking. What kids learn, growing up, is modeled by adults as moderate wine drinking with meals, not extremes of drunkenness or total abstinence.

Americans are nuts when it comes to drinking. We have an "all or nothing" attitude here and it only makes things worse...

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Should minors have greater rights? [View all] white_wolf Jan 2012 OP

As to human maturity: elleng Jan 2012 #1

I'd say 15 actually. Neoma Jan 2012 #2

I agree with the alcohol at age 18 Quantess Jan 2012 #3

You raise an interesting question about the constitutionality of the law. white_wolf Jan 2012 #4

when I was growing up, the legal drinking age where I lived was 18. notadmblnd Jan 2012 #5

Teenagers still drink though. white_wolf Jan 2012 #6

Oh sure. I remember standing outside the doors of the party store at 16 getting someone to buy notadmblnd Jan 2012 #8

We called it "pimpin' beer" and did it nearly every night. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2012 #13

It is just part of our overall American "alcohol" problem. CTyankee Jan 2012 #7

We used the European models with our daughters ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #9

It's about social groups loyalsister Jan 2012 #11

One part of me says yes canetoad Jan 2012 #12

Funny my kids now F (23) and M (22) SecurityManager Jan 2012 #10