Tamara, my family is English too and we were allowed weak alcohol from about 10 or so at special occasions. I think there is a bit of a culture clash at work here. TBH there isn't much more alcohol in watered down wine than there is in cough syrup (maybe less). I don't think that the entire population of England is brain damaged (although that might explian the royal family rofl) so maybe thier approach has some merit.
Then again, from a religious perspective I believe that anything that clouds judgement or harms the body is forbidden so I won't ever be letting my children drink while they are under my care.
Anyway....*puts mod hat on* this thread has gone way off topic and the current discussion isn't really relevant to the original dilemma.
It's also become quite personal and some potentially offensive person comments have been made by a number of posters.
I would appreciate it if you could all re-read your posts and edit out any personal attacks and nasty comments.
If you can't play nice I will lock this thread.
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