Hey LB!! ;-)
It’s been a while! I totally see your point. I know as a child I drank fancy Shirley temple drinks with umbrella’s and a cherry on special occasions. I don’t think it had ANYTHING to do with where I am at now. I also don’t think the general population realizes how serious alcoholism is for the most part. Would I let my kids drink this fancy drink? No. But I have been through the gauntlet of alcoholism. My kids have seen it as well. So far as teenagers, it has propelled them the polar opposite of any alcohol. I am thankful for that. I know at the lake house that my parents own and being out on a boat around other families, it’s nothing for a dad to tell his 6 yo son to “grab him a beer”. I find that totally not ok. But again, they are not the alcoholic. I am. They can control it and not get black out drunk. I can’t