Get Up And Do Something: Will a wee sip of alcohol immunize or encourage your wee one?

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Will a wee sip of alcohol immunize or encourage your wee one? Sep 21st 2012, 11:42 Parents who indulge in an occasional cocktail around their kids have all been there: You're drinking it and they want to try it. "No, it's a drink for grown-ups," springs to your lips. But then you ask yourself, "When I cast alcohol as the forbidden fruit, doesn't that just make it more alluring?" If you've ever been stuck on the horns of that dilemma, you have company. In a recent survey of "pro-sipping" attitudes among mothers of young children in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, 1 in 4 expressed the belief that allowing a child a sip of an alcoholic drink would likely deter him or her from further drinking because either the taste would discourage it or because alcohol's cachet would decline when it comes with a parent's permission. Meanwhile, 4 in 10 moms said that not allowing a child to taste would simply increase his or her desire to have it.

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