Bill would lower drinking age in Wisconsin to 19

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7. I am so old, that when I grew up, the drinking age in New York was 18.

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I lived through it, although I am aware of a few people who didn't.

Learning to drink responsibly is a task that one ideally would undertake while parents still have some input.

My wife's father, first generation Italian, taught that to his daughters, and my feeling is that it went very well. They had glasses of wine at dinner at the age of 16, at home, occasionally a beer.

We did the same with our sons, and I'm convinced, even though they share the genes of my Grandfather, a notorious alcoholic (although possibly from unrecognized PTSD), I have never worried about my boys getting caught up in the party culture.

My oldest son, in particular, who has a low tolerance for alcohol, knows it, and behaves accordingly.

You are old enough at 18 to vote, and old enough to enlist in the armed forces and be killed as a result. I approve of a lower drinking age.