[Northern Yankee]

My dad used to let me sip the foam off of a mug of beer.

Same here... and he was a combat pilot from the Second World War, an accomplished lawyer and had more common sense than these idiots out there today.

Good grief, what have we gotten ourselves into these days?

[Verginius Rufus]

There are still countries where children drink wine with meals (maybe diluted).

I remember a story a few years ago where a professor from the University of Michigan took his son to a Tigers game. His son was thirsty so he bought him a Mike's Hard Lemonade from a vendor, not realizing there was any alcohol in it. The father was arrested and spent a couple of days in jail, I think, even though a blood test showed no evidence of alcohol in his son's blood.