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children drinking (alcohol free) beer

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merlotgran Fri 11-Jul-14 14:04:55

I don't think it's a good idea for very young children to become accustomed to the flavour of beer even if it is non alcoholic. It's definitely a slippery slope. They will probably go straight on to the real stuff without that right of passage of not really liking alcohol but wanting to keep up with their peers.

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vegasmags Fri 11-Jul-14 13:22:35

I think I would have been horrified too! Alcohol free beers look like the real thing, whereas ginger beer and root beer are sold in pop bottles/cans. I would see it as a slippery slope, preferring that children get the message that alcohol is for adults only. Entertaining your Slovakian friends (I enjoyed your account of their breakfast feast) has certainly been a learning curve, by the sounds of it.

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grannyactivist Fri 11-Jul-14 13:16:41

During their recent visit to us our friends from Slovakia shocked us by offering, as routine, non-alcoholic beer to their daughters aged 12, 10 and 2 years. The first time was at the beach on a hot day when dad came back from the beach shop and asked his children if they wanted a cold beer. I thought he was joking, but apparently not and he handed out the beers - reassuring me with the information that, "it's okay, it's alcohol free" and saying that his children love beer and the two year old has a particular liking for it. The second time, at dinner, my adult daughter was also with us and expressed her horror that the parents should be instilling in their children a beer drinking habit. The parents were equally surprised at the strong feelings expressed and kept repeating that "it's only beer and it's alcohol free".
So, what do you think grans? A harmless habit or a slippery slope to ruin?

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