Talk With Your Children About Liquor

“The first time we talk with our daughter about liquor, she was six years old. We were surprise to know that she already knew plenty thing them about liquor business.”​—Alexander.

• What you need to know

• Wetin you can do

• What the Bible say about liquor

What you need to know

It important to talk with your children about liquor. Don’t wait for your child to reach the teenage years. Khamit in Russia say, “I wish we were able to talk with our son about liquor business the time he was small. I learn my lesson the hard way. Before I go look he was already drinking liquor from time to time when he was 13 years old.”

Why you must be concern?

• Because their classmates, people who can sell liquor, and the things they see on TV can affect the way your child can think about liquor.

• According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 11 percent of the people who drinking liquor in America, that children who underage.

That why the big-big doctor them say that parents must teach their children about drinking business from the time they small, so they can know about the dangers in drinking liquor. How you can do that one?

Wetin you can do

Know that your child will ask questions. Young children always want know things, and older children even want to know more. So, be prepare to answer their question them good-good. For example:

• If your child want know how liquor can taste, you could say that wine can taste sour just like fruit juice, and beer get small bitter taste.

• If your child want taste liquor, you can say that liquor too strong for children. Than talk about the thing them it can do to people, like liquor can make some people to feel relax. But when you drink it too much it can make your eye to turn. It can make you to start doing foolish-foolish thing them and saying things that you will regret later on.​—Proverbs 23:​29-​35.

Teach yourself. The Bible say: “The shrewd person acts with knowledge.” (Proverbs 13:16) Learn about this liquor business and the laws the government put down in your country about drinking liquor. Like that, it will be easy for you to help your child.

Be the first to discuss this topic. One father in Britain name Mark say, “The way people can drink liquor, it can confuse the young people. I ask my eight-year-old son whether it bad or it good to drink liquor? I make sure the conversation was friendly. And it help him to freely say what was in his heart.”

If you want get good result, then try to talk about liquor business on different-different occasions. Also looking at your child age, you can talk about other thing them like, man and woman business and how to be careful when they walking on the road.

Set example. Children looking just like sponge. They quick to learn and do things they see other people doing around them. And research show that children can learn quick from what they see their parents doing. So if you can always drink liquor to free your mind from stress, you will be telling your child say liquor can take worry away. So, set good example for your children. Make sure you drink liquor the right way.