Kids in Liquor Stores
Today really seems to be a children-themed day. (I never thought I’d write quite those words in this blog.) Heck, Eric Asimov at The Pour even writes about wishing his 14-year-old son Peter had accepted the wine offered to him at a restaurant in Montreal. (I don’t think I’d have taken the same stance.)
Anyway, Theresa Walsh Giarrusso writes in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s blog with the headline, “Is it tacky to take your kid into a liquor store?” She substituted some other orange-flavored liqueur for triple sec in a sangria recipe, because she felt uncomfortable taking her children into a liquor store. Her husband thinks that taking the kids in would’ve been fine, as long as she only bought a couple bottles at most.
Why she didn’t just leave them in the car for a couple minutes is beyond me. I was left behind in the car many, many times as a kid while my parents ran quick errands, and I’m still alive to write about it. Personally, I would take them there and then leave them outside for a couple minutes.
Clearly, the issue sparked quite a debate though, considering there are currently 328 very interesting comments, ranging from useful to funny such as, “My kid can funnel faster than your kid!”
September 16th, 2006 at 12:44 pm
I believe that if kids are demystified early in life they have less to rebel against. I went off to college my first roomate was very sheltered. She went completely wild. I noticed upon returning the second year how many kids were not returning. The majority due to their actions. Funny enough, it was the sheltered kids. The ones that going into a liquor store was an thrill. Like they were getting away with something. My roomate refered to it as the same heart pounding emotion as where you are hiding in hide and seek and the person comes with in an inch of discovering you. She seemed to feel this way about all things related to drinking and eventually drugs. She had come to school on an engineering scholarship due to a perfect 4.0 GPA in college prep classes and accellerated classes in high school. With in one year, the magic vail had been lifted. She flunked out and gained seizures due to all the drugs. I honetly believe that all of this could have been revented by her parents. I think that had this not become a game or if she had learned a way to cope with it, she would not have messed up. I was brought up in a family that was pretty lax in allowing me to see all of these things. Once I was about 10, I was no longer allowed in the liquor store, but did not care as I knew what was in there. The only bars I saw was ones set up by my parent when they entertained and the regular liquor selection in the house. There was no game for me. I knew what it did and it was readily available. I am thankful for that. I believe that if we keep sensoring our children they will eventually not be able to think or function for themslves. That is much scarier than leaving them in the car for a moment.
January 10th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
you know what some of this info i will beleive but i don’t know????? it just seems like bullshit!!!