Daughter has been lying to me!

bird_rock
Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:26:00 +0000

Another parent saying this is normal stuff. When I was a teenager we all did stuff like that and almost all of my friends from those days are successful professionals now.

But if there’s a history of alcoholism in the family that’s information that’s worth passing on. I’d try to stress moderation but tell her that there’s good evidence that moderation is only for the people who aren’t alcoholics and that she has has to be mindful of what she drinks and adept she is at stopping.