oh Ryn that's so funny - I would have to assume you're pulling the p*ss with that story (sorry for pun!)

DH and I were talking about this only the other night - his mum used to buy him 6 packs when he was 16 as long as he drank them at home with his mates instead of at his mates house. I can't say that he was a very responsible drinker in his late teens. Then again my parents wouldn't have a bar of it and I snuck it - I also wasn't a very responsible drink in my late teens

It's so hard to know what the right thing to do is - talking to your child seems to be the only way to go - well done Tanya. I think consistency would have to be the key - I am dreading the day Charlie asks me to buy him alcohol - although I know it wont happen..... he'll go straight to his Dad I reckon!!