Do you drink in the presence of your children ?

A new study says lot of kids have seen their parents drunk. What would be the impact on the kids ?Are the parents not responsible for such an irresponsible upbringing ?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/parenting/A-lot-of-kids-have-seen-their-parents-drunk/articleshow/24488649.cms

Social drinking has been accepted when it is done within limits but getting drunk is something that people should avoid.However, if does happen at times on rare occassions. When children are small it is better to take care since they are far too young to understand but once they are teemagers they are bound to get exposed to such things ...

A new study says lot of kids have seen their parents drunk. What would be the impact on the kids ?Are the parents not responsible for such an irresponsible upbringing ?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/parenting/A-lot-of-kids-have-seen-their-parents-drunk/articleshow/24488649.cms

Social drinking has been accepted when it is done within limits but getting drunk is something that people should avoid.However, if does happen at times on rare occassions. When children are small it is better to take care since they are far too young to understand but once they are teemagers they are bound to get exposed to such things ...

I know a man who used to organize Binge sessions in his house. In the beginning he used to entrust the job of getting the drinks from the nearby liquor shop to his two young children. And the practiced continued. Today both the sons have become drug and liquor addicts.

A new study says lot of kids have seen their parents drunk. What would be the impact on the kids ?Are the parents not responsible for such an irresponsible upbringing ?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/parenting/A-lot-of-kids-have-seen-their-parents-drunk/articleshow/24488649.cms

Social drinking has been accepted when it is done within limits but getting drunk is something that people should avoid.However, if does happen at times on rare occassions. When children are small it is better to take care since they are far too young to understand but once they are teemagers they are bound to get exposed to such things ...

I know a man who used to organize Binge sessions in his house. In the beginning he used to entrust the job of getting the drinks from the nearby liquor shop to his two young children. And the practiced continued. Today both the sons have become drug and liquor addicts.

I guess the father was being foolish in doing that since children are very impressionable at that stage ...What I am against is some parents doing things in hiding which is again not advisable.I heard someone say the other day - I never smoke or drink in front of my parents and they don't even know I do so. How does this help anyone ? Isn't it better for the parents to know what is happening in their children's life and vice versa.Finally it all depends on upbringing and the way you have trained your children to handle situations....If not at home , they get exposed to such things outside , so we need to make sure they are able to manage themselves without getting addicted ...

A new study says lot of kids have seen their parents drunk. What would be the impact on the kids ?Are the parents not responsible for such an irresponsible upbringing ?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/parenting/A-lot-of-kids-have-seen-their-parents-drunk/articleshow/24488649.cms

Social drinking has been accepted when it is done within limits but getting drunk is something that people should avoid.However, if does happen at times on rare occassions. When children are small it is better to take care since they are far too young to understand but once they are teemagers they are bound to get exposed to such things ...

I know a man who used to organize Binge sessions in his house. In the beginning he used to entrust the job of getting the drinks from the nearby liquor shop to his two young children. And the practiced continued. Today both the sons have become drug and liquor addicts.

I guess the father was being foolish in doing that since children are very impressionable at that stage ...What I am against is some parents doing things in hiding which is again not advisable.I heard someone say the other day - I never smoke or drink in front of my parents and they don't even know I do so. How does this help anyone ? Isn't it better for the parents to know what is happening in their children's life and vice versa.Finally it all depends on upbringing and the way you have trained your children to handle situations....If not at home , they get exposed to such things outside , so we need to make sure they are able to manage themselves without getting addicted ...

You are right. It's the father's foolishness for which he's repenting now. Ultimately it all points to only thing,"Careful parenting'. Children are more quick in imitating the elders around them especially during formative years.

Drinking itself is offence. Drinking in presence of children might spoil your children. Child learn many activities from their parent.

Most of the parents think, children cannot understand. It's a wrong notion. Children grasp the things very fast. That's why child specialists and psychologists repeatedly warn even not to quarrel before the children.

I drink only in bar. When in service, I would drink in army mess. I never drink at my residence even when alone. I feel that there is appropriate place and time for every activity.

I drink only in bar. When in service, I would drink in army mess. I never drink at my residence even when alone. I feel that there is appropriate place and time for every activity.

That's an appropriate thought. I agree with you that there is time and place for any activity.

Children has tendency to do everything that their parents do. They adapt everything which is not good for them. Many a times they duplicate their parents just to show themselves to be matured. Drinking, smoking and shaving beard, etc. such habits are therefore adopted by them.

I drink only in bar. When in service, I would drink in army mess. I never drink at my residence even when alone. I feel that there is appropriate place and time for every activity.

That's an appropriate thought. I agree with you that there is time and place for any activity.

I feel that anyone wants to have a drink, home is the best place since it is safer...Most accidents happen due to drunk driving and even if you have not had too much to drik it is still against the rules, so why not drink in the safety of your home with caution. ..

I drink only in bar. When in service, I would drink in army mess. I never drink at my residence even when alone. I feel that there is appropriate place and time for every activity.

That's an appropriate thought. I agree with you that there is time and place for any activity.

I feel that anyone wants to have a drink, home is the best place since it is safer...Most accidents happen due to drunk driving and even if you have not had too much to drik it is still against the rules, so why not drink in the safety of your home with caution. ..

If you are not addicted to drink, you will partcipate in social drink in club, mess or a bar. However this is just a personal choice. My uncle would drink with his son at residence. Thgis was okay to him.

I drink only in bar. When in service, I would drink in army mess. I never drink at my residence even when alone. I feel that there is appropriate place and time for every activity.

That's an appropriate thought. I agree with you that there is time and place for any activity.

I feel that anyone wants to have a drink, home is the best place since it is safer...Most accidents happen due to drunk driving and even if you have not had too much to drik it is still against the rules, so why not drink in the safety of your home with caution. ..

Drinking in the home is the best bet. As you said drinking outside means exposing to unsafe conditions on the road.

I drink only in bar. When in service, I would drink in army mess. I never drink at my residence even when alone. I feel that there is appropriate place and time for every activity.

That's an appropriate thought. I agree with you that there is time and place for any activity.

I feel that anyone wants to have a drink, home is the best place since it is safer...Most accidents happen due to drunk driving and even if you have not had too much to drik it is still against the rules, so why not drink in the safety of your home with caution. ..

Drinking in the home is the best bet. As you said drinking outside means exposing to unsafe conditions on the road.

In Mangalore most old ancestoral households have a toddy palm and normally palm toddy is available freely...not that people get drunk all the time .It is used while making batter for aapams and some other dishes. Also drinking a glass of wine or a glass of beer with the family on special occassions is not considered anything out of the way. So, I feel that it dpends more on attitude ,background and also the way you perceive it that is far more important.Children too dont give too much importance since it is always there.
Here I also would like to add that when something is freely available in the beginning one may splurge on it but later he or she will not bother too much about it..

I drink only in bar. When in service, I would drink in army mess. I never drink at my residence even when alone. I feel that there is appropriate place and time for every activity.

That's an appropriate thought. I agree with you that there is time and place for any activity.

I feel that anyone wants to have a drink, home is the best place since it is safer...Most accidents happen due to drunk driving and even if you have not had too much to drik it is still against the rules, so why not drink in the safety of your home with caution. ..

Drinking in the home is the best bet. As you said drinking outside means exposing to unsafe conditions on the road.

In Mangalore most old ancestoral households have a toddy palm and normally palm toddy is available freely...not that people get drunk all the time .It is used while making batter for aapams and some other dishes. Also drinking a glass of wine or a glass of beer with the family on special occassions is not considered anything out of the way. So, I feel that it dpends more on attitude ,background and also the way you perceive it that is far more important.Children too dont give too much importance since it is always there.
Here I also would like to add that when something is freely available in the beginning one may splurge on it but later he or she will not bother too much about it..

Yes. In Telangana it's a custom to drink on the third day of a family member's death. Both men and women get drunk. No one frowns.

I drink only in bar. When in service, I would drink in army mess. I never drink at my residence even when alone. I feel that there is appropriate place and time for every activity.

That's an appropriate thought. I agree with you that there is time and place for any activity.

I feel that anyone wants to have a drink, home is the best place since it is safer...Most accidents happen due to drunk driving and even if you have not had too much to drik it is still against the rules, so why not drink in the safety of your home with caution. ..

Drinking in the home is the best bet. As you said drinking outside means exposing to unsafe conditions on the road.

In Mangalore most old ancestoral households have a toddy palm and normally palm toddy is available freely...not that people get drunk all the time .It is used while making batter for aapams and some other dishes. Also drinking a glass of wine or a glass of beer with the family on special occassions is not considered anything out of the way. So, I feel that it dpends more on attitude ,background and also the way you perceive it that is far more important.Children too dont give too much importance since it is always there.
Here I also would like to add that when something is freely available in the beginning one may splurge on it but later he or she will not bother too much about it..

Yes. In Telangana it's a custom to drink on the third day of a family member's death. Both men and women get drunk. No one frowns.

It is exactly the other way round in my place .We don't eat non vegetarian food or consume liquor or even go out anywhere,attend functions until the 13th day when someone close dies. Only after the Vaikunta Samradhane a day is fixed when non vegetarian meal is cooked and the entire extended family is called for this function...

I drink only in bar. When in service, I would drink in army mess. I never drink at my residence even when alone. I feel that there is appropriate place and time for every activity.

That's an appropriate thought. I agree with you that there is time and place for any activity.

I feel that anyone wants to have a drink, home is the best place since it is safer...Most accidents happen due to drunk driving and even if you have not had too much to drik it is still against the rules, so why not drink in the safety of your home with caution. ..

Drinking in the home is the best bet. As you said drinking outside means exposing to unsafe conditions on the road.

In Mangalore most old ancestoral households have a toddy palm and normally palm toddy is available freely...not that people get drunk all the time .It is used while making batter for aapams and some other dishes. Also drinking a glass of wine or a glass of beer with the family on special occassions is not considered anything out of the way. So, I feel that it dpends more on attitude ,background and also the way you perceive it that is far more important.Children too dont give too much importance since it is always there.
Here I also would like to add that when something is freely available in the beginning one may splurge on it but later he or she will not bother too much about it..

Yes. In Telangana it's a custom to drink on the third day of a family member's death. Both men and women get drunk. No one frowns.

It is exactly the other way round in my place .We don't eat non vegetarian food or consume liquor or even go out anywhere,attend functions until the 13th day when someone close dies. Only after the Vaikunta Samradhane a day is fixed when non vegetarian meal is cooked and the entire extended family is called for this function...

They say, the departed soul will not be happy, seeing us mourning on his death. The dead person wants us to see coming out of the grief at the earliest. But it's exactly similar as you its practized in karnataka in the non Telangana regions.

I have noted that children tend to emulate their parents. Children of alcoholic parents unfortunately tend to become alcoholics too. I have seen this in many cases. So yes, drinking in front of your children is not a good idea.

I have noted that children tend to emulate their parents. Children of alcoholic parents unfortunately tend to become alcoholics too. I have seen this in many cases. So yes, drinking in front of your children is not a good idea.

Parents are the first role models of children. That's why they should set an example in doing good things so that the children will emulate them.

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Absolutely it put impact on the kids. Till certain age, parents must avoid drinking in front of them.