If you saw a mother give her 5 YO

[agnes]

The worst was when my mom would have a glass of orange juice and I'd take a gulp with out asking....Not just orange juice. HORRIBLE. I hated that. "That's what you get for not asking. I could have warned you."

[juliagoulia]

No I wouldn't judge this.

I cracked a joke about giving my toddler whiskey in a store and the guy ringing up our stuff scoffed at me. Whatever, Best Buy Guy, I wasn't serious.

He'd judge this. For sure.

[ax2]

Jun 21, 2013 21:34:06 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

Eh. I can't get it up for this. My mom gave me sips of wine when I was little.

This. I just can't bring myself to judge this.

[Deleted]

Mmm, socratic. I'm in.

Sounds like a fun summer drink.

[papie]

Jun 21, 2013 21:35:22 GMT -5 toledo said:

Jun 21, 2013 21:29:16 GMT -5 papie said:

ditto!

Really? Licking the goddamn straw off a drink is judge-worthy?

It's pretty easy to just NOT give alcohol to a child. I realize there might be some cultural difference here, but to me, this is pretty black and white.

sure, it is easy not to. But it doesn't hurt to have one sip and it satisfies heir curiosity.

[spitforspat]

Jun 21, 2013 21:21:24 GMT -5 socratic said:

Jun 21, 2013 21:02:05 GMT -5 nicbreeful said:

a sip of her margarita, would you side eye her?

Two anecdotes!

1) Last summer we were at a hotel bar having lunch. These tourists were at a table next to us and were dipping their straw in their Swizzle (kind of rum punch) and letting their four year old lick it. I stared them down until they noticed I was looking at them and stopped. I knew for sure that it was alcohol in it cause I could see the rum floater on top.

2) At my sister's wedding, she had these little plastic shot glasses on the bar. DS really really really wanted to drink out of one. So I filled it up with fruit punch and let him drink out of it. DS's godmother assumed that I was giving him Swizzle and told some people that I was.


All that to say that I would for sure give them the side eye but I probably wouldn't verbalize my disapproval unless I was 100% sure that it was an alcoholic beverage. It really hurt my feelings that the person who I thought knew me would assume something like this. 

Thank goodness you were there to let them know you don't approve. How dare they have different opinions than you!

And lol that you were hurt when you got a taste of your own judgmental medicine.

[papie]

Jun 21, 2013 21:39:24 GMT -5 socratic said:

Jun 21, 2013 21:29:16 GMT -5 papie said:

ditto!

Really? Licking the goddamn straw off a drink is judge-worthy?

I just don't see the point. Why would you need to give your kid a sip or licking the straw of an alcoholic beverage? Especially in public. 

but how us it worse than giving them a sip of soda? Or candy? Or junk food? I am taking one sip obviously not a whole drink...

[callie]

Nope.

[sillygoosegirl]

I wouldn't think anything of it. My dad let me have a sip of his beer any time I wanted when I was little, and I turned out okay. If anything, it led to me having a lot less interest in alcohol in high school and college than my peers did.

[bluetopaz]

Ha. No. My parents used to let us have little sips of their drinks every now and then, when we'd beg and be obnoxious. Then we'd make a face, say "eeeeeewwwwww" and go on our merry way unscarred. I'll almost certainly give W a little sip of my "grown up drink" at some point, but I'll do it at home so no one can start a thread about me.

[eddy]

Is now a bad time to talk about all the times I have let my kids suck on the lemon/orange stuck on the rim of my beer so they would be quiet at a resturant. Yeah okay

[Deleted]

No, my parents used to let us have tiny sips of their drinks when we were little. We thought it was so gross.

[Kore]

Jun 21, 2013 21:44:35 GMT -5 socratic said:

Jun 21, 2013 21:39:10 GMT -5 spitforspat said:

Thank goodness you were there to let them know you don't approve. How dare they have different opinions than you!

And lol that you were hurt when you got a taste of your own judgmental medicine.

I am going to raise the drama level...giving a minor alcohol to a minor is illegal regardless of the amount right? Why give a child alcohol whether a sip or a shot? I mean is it NBD if I let my kid have a small puff of my cigarette? But yes, obviously, I didn't like the judgement when the shoe was on the other foot. 

Not illegal in my state. Parents may legally buy alcohol for minor children in restaurants here.

[Deleted]

I take bad my "not my business" remark.

I did get angry once when I saw a man yelling at his small daughter. I muttered a profanity under my breath and started marching over to them, but my co-workers stopped me.

Alcohol sips just don't rise to that level for me.

[oregonpachey]

Meh, doesn't bother me. Both of my kids have had a sip of daddy's beer before.

[shopgirl07]

I really can't understand why anyone would feel the need to give their 5 year old tequila. And satisfying their curiosity? By that logic, it should also be ok to give them a drag on a cig or a hit off a bong. You know, if they're curious.

[saraandmichael]

nope.

and i once gave noah his own "glass" of wine when he was barely 3.

[Marle]

Jun 21, 2013 21:38:10 GMT -5 freedom said:

Jun 21, 2013 21:24:13 GMT -5 Marle said:

No. I don't know her lyfe.

I don't understand what lyfe can explain away giving your five year old patron. Order her a lemonade

I'm sure she gave it to the kid because she was bullied into it *eyeroll* . Dude! A sip of margarita is surely the same as a sip of patron LOL. You don't know her reasoning you don't know her opinions, upbringing, culture, how many times she's done this, how much she knows about a tiny bit of alcohol metabolizing in her kid's body, etc. That's what I mean by her lyfe.

Stop being so judgmental.

*not directed just at you freedom.

[lola]

I wouldn't really side eye it, but LOL at comparing giving your kids a sip of booze to giving your kid a sip of soda. Once I have to show an ID to buy a soda or a Hershey bar then maybe. Until then, no.

[eddy]

Aren't margs like 90% corn syrup? I would
Hardly say this mom was giving her kid shots of patron. / eyeroll

[shopgirl07]

Jun 21, 2013 21:56:48 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

Jun 21, 2013 21:53:08 GMT -5 shopgirl07 said:

I really can't understand why anyone would feel the need to give their 5 year old tequila. And satisfying their curiosity? By that logic, it should also be ok to give them a drag on a cig or a hit off a bong. You know, if they're curious.

Duh. I'm training KHC to do inverted keg stands to make sure he's super popular in college. You have to start them early.

Nothing wrong with gymnastics.

[papie]

Greek orthodox priests give babies communion right after their christening. One sip of wine at 9 months old, I guess both my girls are doomed.
Or should I get the priest arrested?

[Marle]

Well I have always been the town's idiot with respect to judgement. That is why I'm the resident wet blanket. I always give people the benefit of the doubt. Vote me off the island.

[eddy]

Jun 21, 2013 22:03:32 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I, Orphan said:

Jun 21, 2013 21:58:00 GMT -5 eddy said:

Hardly say this mom was giving her kid shots of patron. / eyeroll

Was it actually Patron? Because, fancy baby. 

My husband just looked at me funny for laughing.

[pooh8402]

Nope. I had a sip of my dad's beer when I was one, and had a sip of crown and coke when I was eight. I turned out fine.

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[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

My kid gets communion wine weekly. So, no, I am in no position to judge.

[lulu13]

I am so up my own ass most of the time I probably wouldn't even notice. If I did though I would not have a comment.

[melodramatic26]

Jun 21, 2013 21:48:23 GMT -5 eddy said:

Is now a bad time to talk about all the times I have let my kids suck on the lemon/orange stuck on the rim of my beer so they would be quiet at a resturant. Yeah okay

Adele always ask me why my "orange juice" looks funny. She now knows I have mommy orange juice, when really, it's a blue moon with an orange. If she's good, she gets the orange. MOTY!!

[karmasabiotch]

We have a picture of me drinking wine when I was 2 1/2 while on a vacation in Toronto because my Mom was trying yo make me fall asleep. Times are different now but I loved that pic so much its on my wedding video.

I would give a side eye but I would wonder if it was a virgin drink. I've ordered it that way before.

[karmasabiotch]

I also remember having a huge tantrum because my Mom wouldn't let me have chocolate that I found. She gave in and it was the unsweetened baking kind and it tasted horrific . One bite and I never asked her again.