Can I give my 19 year old son a beer on my own property?!
Can I give my 19 year old son a beer on my own property?
my son was helping me do some heavy work and it was warm outside, so i offered him a beer for his good work (just 1!) my girlfriend is all upset that I gave a minor a drink. Is it illeagle to do this or not in colorado? I fell I was acting responcable and have the right to teach my son just 1 beer is ok.
Answers:
He is allowed to drink alcohol with a parent present on private property according to Colorado law. Colorado is one of 33 states with such an exception.
Besides, he is a grown man. The law in your state says that it is within your discretion to allow him to drink and you exercised that discretion. Your girlfriend is the one in the wrong here.
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http://www.nllea.org/reports/abcenforcem...
NO! You will be breaking the law. Why do you want to expose him to alcohol at this young age anyway/
I beer is NOT OK for anyone under 21. That is NOT a responsible thing to do!
If you give your underage son booze, even on your property, it is against the law.
wow, your girlfriend needs to calm down. It's YOUR son, and he probably drinks beer with all his friends anyways like any other normal teenager.
well you know in the state of tx if you let your children drink alcohol in a restraunt or if a person who is married and under the age of 21 but married to someone 21 or over can drink as long as youre at the table with them but as soon as the legal member gets up and walks away from the table, like for instance to use the restroom the liquor has to be taken away or were talking jail or lots of fines..so i gues what im trying to get at is if youre there with him and you two arent getting carried away then why not...if hes not drinking with you im sure there's plenty of his buddies he would be drinking with illegally and god only knows what kind of trouble they could be getting into..i think 1 beeer is ok.
AMEN GAIL G!!!
giving your 19 year old son a beer is perfectly fine. He is an adult.
She acts as if he's a 13 year old. for crying out loud hes a grown man. your gf needs a reality check.
funny thing lb_mllr. "young age?" hello!!! he can have sex, get married, father children, raise children, join the military, go to iraq, get shot and paralyzed from the waist down, come home wheel his wheelchair into a bar and get turned down for a beer because he's a little boy?
If your old enough to die for your country why shouldn't you be able to drink a beer?
I don't know the laws in Colorado but in Texas I believe a child can have a beer in a restraunt as long as he's with his parents. But most people don't order it and in Oklahoma I know of several law abiding families that let their young teens have a glass of beer during family get togethers. He's with you, if he learns that a beer can be enjoyed without going all out and getting drunk, I think its a good lesson. Your girlfriend needs to chill, sorry. You have to have TRUST!
Obviously she is looking for DRAMA . I see no problem with it . If he were a child I could see her point, but pleeeeze !!!!!!!!
while it is commonly believed that the minimum drinking age is 21, people can legally drink below that age under many different circumstances.
The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 required all states to raise their minimum purchase and public possession of alcohol age to 21. States that did not comply faced a reduction in highway funds under the Federal Highway Aid Act.... It does not prohibit persons under 21 (also called youth or minors) from drinking. The term "public possession" is strictly defined and does not apply to possession for the following:
An established religious purpose, when accompanied by a parent, spouse or legal guardian age 21 or older
Medical purposes when prescribed or administered by a licensed physician, pharmacist, dentist, nurse, hospital or medical institution
In private clubs or establishments
In the course of lawful employment by a duly licensed manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer.” 1
Many of the states that have chosen to specifically prohibit alcohol consumption by those under age 21 have a variety of exceptions. For example,
Some States allow an exception for consumption when a family member consents and/or is present. States vary widely in terms of which relatives may consent or must be present for this exception to apply and in what circumstances the exception applies. Sometimes a reference is made simply to "family" or "family member" without further elaboration.
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Some States allow an exception for consumption on private property. States vary in the extent of the private property exception which may extend to all private locations, private residences only, or in the home of a parent or guardian only. In some jurisdictions, the location exception is conditional on the presence and/or consent of the parent, legal guardian, or legal-age spouse.
Some States also allow exceptions for educational purposes (e.g., students in culinary schools), religious purposes (e.g., sacramental use of alcoholic beverages), or medical purposes
If he is not legally old enough to drink, then it's illegal. And that makes you an unfit parent, as far as the law is concerned. I think what you've taught your son is that you don't really have to follow any laws or rules, as long as you don't get caught.
I totally disagree with people who think that it's ok to allow their underage child to drink as long as they do it in the privacy of their own home.
Also, rewarding an underage child with alcohol just doesn't make any sense at all. Next time, try "thank you". Or you could pay him, which is how one is usually "rewarded" for doing a job.
I find the posts calling the asker a bad parent to be wildly offensive. Your assertions are based on the assumption that this activity is illegal, and you are wrong. I find using this website to be very difficult because self-righteous and uninformed people make posts on subjects they know nothing about. Do you people just make things up at your jobs, too?
The US has some of the strictest alcohol laws in the so-called "industrialized" nations, and yet we have some of the highests rates of alcohol-related problems. The era that saw the greatest number of these problems was prohibition. By coddling kids and sheltering them from alcohol, they are taught that it is a taboo and it intices them to break it.
Besides, alcohol is not some inherent evil. Sure, getting trashed and passing out on the street is something most of us could agree we don't want our kids doing, but what's wrong with having a beer with dinner or after a hard day's work? The poster is NOT teaching his kid how to get drunk--he's teaching him what responsible drinking really is.
I was raised in a house that took a very rational approach to alcohol. My dad used to give me little sips of beer when he would work in the shop or the yard, and little sips of wine when he would do tastings with his friends. As we got older, my sister and I were allowed a small glass of wine with dinner. Now, I live in a college town where just about everybody gets wasted every weekend, but I really don't enjoy participating. I've done it a few times and discovered it's terrible. Instead, I brew my own beer in my house, hold beer tastings with my friends, and visit local microbreweries and brewpubs. The other day I bought a $12 bottle of Belgian beer to enjoy on graduation in lieu of Champagne. My aversion to alcohol abuse is--I believe--a DIRECT result of how my parents treated the subject when I was growing up.
If you still think beer is just a tool for getting drunk, you should educate yourself here:
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/101/...
Sorry for the lecture and sorry to the original poster for the terrible comments in some of the other posts.
well im gonna have to say...bein stationed in another country...and fresh out of army basic training.....hell yea he can get a beer.......we had 19 year olds out in iraq with us last year, hell im 22, wtf not let him have a beer.....better you give it him than some buddies on a friday night, cuz peer pressure is hell......BYYYYYYAAAAAHHHHHH!!