Originally posted by Shuffler
Nothing wrong with that at all. Raise your kids as you see fit..... it's called parenting. Not enough of it these days.
Now as far as not going to places that serve alcohol... that pretty much takes away every restaurant in this area. No baseball games...... no sports what-so-ever.
No Disney land, no Disney world, no putt-putt golf (all the ones I have ever been too have a snack bar and have beer), no Six Flags, no go-carts, no mall, no TV..ect. Your logic of boycotting a place because they server beer and your children might see it is seriously off target and flawed.
There is such a thing as over parenting. I have a seven year old son. We have season tickets to the Braves, there is beer everywhere. You go to the movies here, you can get beer in those plastic bottles. He sees people drinking all the time. He has seen me drink. So far he has not hit the bottle. I am sure it hasn't hurt him. I don't see the issue.
I mean, I am sitting here thinking of all the places you and your kids can be, and be around alcohol. Airlines..sheesh.. I didn't even think of those. You going to cross all the major carriers off your list too? They all serve beer and alcohol. Are you going to keep your kids inside and watching TBN their whole lives out of fear they may get hurt?
The point I am making is you are over reacting to this BIG TIME. Over parenting is in some ways just as bad as not parenting at all. Because when your kids do grow up and move out, there is going to come a point shortly there after, when they realize they can do whatever they want. They are going to raise hell, they are going to drink harder and party harder than the kids who went down to the river on a Friday night with a keg of beer back in high school.
Live and learn. Your kids gotta do it too. Being a parent is all about guiding them and dusting them off when they get knocked on their bellybutton when they do something stupid. Sheltering them can hurt them in a lot of ways.
