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Holiday Celebrations

By Laura Fuentes Updated Mar 8, 2024

This post is sponsored by Responsibility.org. Thank you for supporting my blog!

 The holidays bring a lot of celebrations and meals and if there is one thing my family enjoys doing it’s celebrating the season by being together.

Celebrating the holidays safely is important as well as having difficult conversations with our kids regarding alcohol. Since parenting did not come with a handbook, I depend on helpful organizations like Responsibility.org

Our holiday period begins right before Halloween, when we get together (more than once) to celebrate my middle son’s birthday. After that, we host family and friends on a Halloween party, and this year we are also having a big 13-year anniversary party mid-November. And then, it’s non-stop with Thanksgiving and an event-filled December. We might celebrate more often than most people, but the South has parties and parades year-round.

Celebrating the holidays safely is important as well as having difficult conversations with our kids regarding alcohol. Since parenting did not come with a handbook, I depend on helpful organizations like Responsibility.org

Before becoming a parent, I was quite lenient around the topic of partying and alcohol. I’ve always believed that everyone should celebrate as they wish, inside their homes, and responsibly out in public areas.

Celebrating the holidays safely is important as well as having difficult conversations with our kids regarding alcohol. Since parenting did not come with a handbook, I depend on helpful organizations like Responsibility.org

However, things changed after becoming a parent. More than once my kids have asked to “try” and “have a sip” of an adult beverage, to which the response has always been “this is for adults and when you are an adult, you can try it.” I have to admit that the thought “they are not going to like it so what’s the big deal” has crossed my mind, and apparently, I’m just like 1 in 4 moms out there who believe the same thing.

Research shows that kids who have tried alcohol before the age of 12 are seven times more likely to have alcohol issues as adults, and this scares me quite a bit since much of the attitude around New Orleans is very passé. After all, it’s the birthplace of “let the good times roll.”

Celebrating the holidays safely is important as well as having difficult conversations with our kids regarding alcohol. Since parenting did not come with a handbook, I depend on helpful organizations like Responsibility.org

We do celebrate and have a blast, but I feel that parenting today is more difficult than ever, so making sure my kids understand the reasons behind why a sip isn’t ok is important. Will they be better prepared at resisting peer pressure in their teenage and college years just because they know what alcohol tastes like? Definitely not.

Celebrating the holidays safely is important as well as having difficult conversations with our kids regarding alcohol. Since parenting did not come with a handbook, I depend on helpful organizations like Responsibility.org

Celebrating the holidays safely is important as well as having difficult conversations with our kids regarding alcohol. Since parenting did not come with a handbook, I depend on helpful organizations like Responsibility.org and their Talk Early program to guide me through knowing what to talk about, and how to approach some of the most difficult topics and I’m grateful to have a place that I can go as a parent that shares information regarding the best strategies.

Celebrating the holidays safely is important as well as having difficult conversations with our kids regarding alcohol. Since parenting did not come with a handbook, I depend on helpful organizations like Responsibility.org

How do you talk to your kids about alcohol?

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  1. Rose says

    December 14, 2016 at 9:20 pm

    I am curious if the study was done with children that pilfered from a parents cabinet and over indulged or children that were allowed a supervised small watered glass of wine or beer.
    Could you link to the information?

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    • Laura Fuentes says

      December 15, 2016 at 9:15 am

      Hi Rose, you can check out all the facts and Responsibility.org’s studies here.

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  2. Patti says

    November 18, 2016 at 4:47 am

    I agree 100%. Children are children. I believe their bodies and minds shouldn’t experience first hand grown up anything until they are grown up.
    The talking and communication is the way to go. Leaving those lines open from day one is key to so many topics children want to discuss.
    I love the link you added. One more resource as a go to source.
    You wear so many hats Laura, thank you.

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