http://anotherwineblog.disqus.com/A discussion of wine, beer, food and stuff.enFri, 18 Apr 2008 08:58:49 -0000http://www.anotherwineblog.com/archives/122#comment-1228315<p>You both make excellent points, which demonstrates just how complicated this issue is.</p>Joe PowerFri, 18 Apr 2008 08:58:49 -0000http://www.anotherwineblog.com/archives/122#comment-1228314<p>I was raised having small amounts of beer on holidays as a child. I had my first martini at about 12 (did not like it!). However addiction (alcoholism) is an inherited disorder and I was lucky that I never developed an addiction -- many of my cousins became alcoholics. I would suggest caution giving a child alcohol if there is a history of addiction in the family.</p>Louis KrodelWed, 16 Apr 2008 22:05:34 -0000http://www.anotherwineblog.com/archives/122#comment-1228313<p>When I was 12 or so, my parents started letting me have a small glass of wine with dinner sometimes (not all the times that they drank with dinner, just some of them--but it was at arbitrary times, not "every Thanksgiving" or something). I think that was an appropriate age to start on such a course: any earlier, and you're still a little kid who thinks half the stuff you taste is disgusting. Also, it makes for a nice little bit of "adulthood" for an adolescent.</p>ChuckWed, 16 Apr 2008 21:35:01 -0000