>> I’d probably be appalled too, if I saw a young kid drinking an alcoholic drink like that.<<
Good thing you’re in America.
Over in Europe they are drinking wine from birth.
Any you would have had a hissy fit when I put Irish Creme on my daughter’s gums when they were teething.
What part of “I’m the parent” is not in the mix here?
I agree with you completely. If a parent wants to give his or her child a glass of wine with dinner, so what? There was never a ban on alcohol in my mother’s home. She gave me a sip of her martini when I was four. I’ve hated the taste of martinis ever since. I didn’t like the taste of beer or wine as a child.
What was banned in my mother’s home was Coca Cola! Guess what I wanted to drink when I was a rebellious teenager?
The point is the father made a mistake. He probably just ordered “lemonade” for the kid. But then the police state took over and they had their Great White Defendant.
To put this child in a foster care overnight was beyond ridiculous. And who made the call keep the kid in foster care until she completed her “investigation”? Latricia Jones? Nuff said. I’ll lay money the security guard was of the same ilk.
Far easier to go after and make an example of a father (ya know, a REAL father who’s married to and living with the kid’s mother and supporting the kid) who buys his kid lemonade that turns out to have a whopping 5 percent alcohol content than to address the children of Detroit who are truly in need of protective services.
I wouldn’t have had a hissy fit. I was allowed a sip or two of wine on holidays and a bit of margaritas at family cookouts. Do Europeans buy their kids bottles of alcohol at sporting events? I’m not being facetious, I’m curious. There’s a difference in my mind between allowing a child small amounts and buying them their own bottle.
As far as the other posts, again, I’m not talking about packaging, I’m just talking about knowing that Mike’s (and hard lemonade) is alcohol. I knew that ‘hard’ anything had alcohol in it when I was 12, simply by reading.
LOL! I’m laughing because my husband was appalled when one of my aunts suggested putting a little whiskey on my 1st child’s gums because she was teething (and screaming). It worked well for my family when I was a kid but my husband was shocked. After trying a frozen bagel (suggested) and orajel (sp), with nothing working, I put some brandy on my finger and rubbed it on my baby’s gums. It seemed to work.
As for wine, my mom’s side made dago red (homemade Italian wine) and we had it every night at the dinner table. I didn’t drink it because it tasted awful imo, but when I was 13 or 14, a few of my cousins and I decided to have some and continued to do so until we were a bit tipsy.
As for this Dad and the story, just seems like the guy ordered a lemonade for his kid and thought he got regular lemonade. Up until 3 years ago, I had no idea Mike’s lemonade was alcohol. That’s a funny story but too long to type, lol.