My daughter’s class recently had a field trip to the city of Brotherly Love, the city of her birth, Philadelphia.
Along with instructions about bundling up, food and snacks, the school gave us crazy New York parents a $20 limit for the kids to be able to buy souvenirs. As a side note, they lost out on getting the principal to agree for Philly Cheese Steak stop.
At pick up, many of the kids obviously bought hats with their souvenir money. On the way home, my daughter mentioned that one of her classmates bought his dad a shot class. Now you can look at this situation as “half full glass or half empty glass” situation. The kid obviously was thoughtful enough to remember to buy his dad a gift, on the other hand, it might be the most appropriate of gifts, but hey, I go with positive intent here and commend the child for at least giving it some thought and buying his dad a gift. And did I get a gift? Ah no!! My daughter came back with a boat load of crap and 54cents in change.
As she was telling me this story, she asked “What’s a shot glass for any way? “
I told her it has two uses, “as a measurement tool to make alcoholic drinks or to drink a shot of alcohol at all at once.”
“OH, I thought that was chugging.”
Of course, you know I have to ask how did you hear about chugging. “I don’t know.” It always “I don’t know,” right.
After my explanation, she quite seriously, “that doesn’t like a good idea.”
“No, it doesn’t. Chugging alcohol or doing shots is not good for your health.”
I could not resist laying the ground work for later years, expounding about how drinking too much can lead to alcohol poisoning and even death.
That’s right I am not above scare tactics. Of course, I think she tuned out at some point during my soliloquy.
Frankly, for better or worse, living in New York City has exposed my daughter to seeing drunk people, both young and old to see first hand the affects of drinking too much alcohol.
Have you talked to your child about the affects of alcohol, yet?
