Reply #80: As someone who grew up when 18 was the legal drinking age,

[tnlefty]

and a mother of an 18 yr. old, I can say that I'm torn about this issue. Yeah, I drank when I came of age but I never hurt anyone and this was years before the dangers of drinking and driving were made known.

I've told my kids since they were young not to even think about drinking and driving nor to think about riding in a car with anyone who has been drinking. This message was repeated often and intensified as they became teenagers. Call home, call a cab, but don't drink and drive and don't ride with anyone who has been drinking. They see me drink beer or wine, and they know that I won't drive after having a beer or a glass of wine, so they witness my living what I tell them. They also know that I'm no where near inebriated after that one beer or glass of wine, just that I won't drive.

If parents are trying to teach their kids about the dangers of drinking and driving, and I've talked to mine about the dangers of binge drinking (the potential of alcohol poisoning among other things) perhaps it would be okay?

At 18 I wasn't a binge drinker, but I did buy wine as presents.