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My first-born finished her Year 12 yesterday!
No scenario exists where I will buy her an alcoholic drink and sit with her while she drinks it.
No scenario exists where I will buy her an alcoholic drink and sit with her while she drinks it.
She's 18. She can do what she likes. But I'm not going to be complicit in the messaging that alcohol is a reward, an adult pleasure or something we can do together for fun.
I mostly tell her not to shit her pants if she's planning on drinking.
I also say, "Being drunk is UNSEXY."
And that, "Alcohol is bad for us [people in our family]."
And that, "Alcohol is bad for us [people in our family]."
I try to offer suggestions for things she and her friends can do that are cool, that are fun, exhilarating, and don't involve smoking weed or drinking booze.
Um...this includes having safe and consensual sex!
Fishing. Dancing. Hiking.
Um...this includes having safe and consensual sex!
Fishing. Dancing. Hiking.
Teenage years aren't a free-for-all for excessive behaviours that you leave behind when you enter your twenties. They're a time when you bed in habits.
They may also be the last time our kids really listen to our advice.
They may also be the last time our kids really listen to our advice.
Year 12 kids have had an especially challenging year.
The challenge for us now is to show them that rewards and relief and adult pleasure is an art and a gift and you can be good at it or you can be a fucking pisshead.
The challenge for us now is to show them that rewards and relief and adult pleasure is an art and a gift and you can be good at it or you can be a fucking pisshead.
