Alcohol to a minor

mAlice

mAlice

professional daydreamer
Masey said:
Exactly, I don't by any means think that this 11 y/o was tricked into drinking beer either! But obviously there is a lack of parental control/supervision. I don't know if the parents were allowing them to drink the beer or if the child decided to drink it on his own.
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I think you should mind your own business. How would you feel if some kid at school told a similar story and got CPS on your ass for no reason at all.

Kids make up stories. Be the grown up and don't buy into them when it's so obvious it's bs.
 
jetmonkey

jetmonkey

New Member
Masey said:
My 11 y/o told me that his friend at school looked really sick and when asked what was wrong, his initial reply was "I can't tell you" and then said "okay, I'll tell you." Last night my older brother (high school age) poured my soda out when I wasn't looking and filled it up with beer. He tricked me into drinking 3 beers and I was throwing up all night. I asked my kiddo were his parents home when this happened and kiddo said yup because his mom knew something was wrong when he kept running into the walls and then started throwing up!

Okay, knowing the above, would you call the school and ask that they look into the situation or call child protective services and relay the story so they could check into it or merely do nothing at all.
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You got fished in by an 11 year old, congratulations.
 
SoccerMom2

SoccerMom2

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Get the kids phone number. Call his Mom and tell her that her son told my son blah blah. See what she knows. If the kids is lying then his Mom will deal with it on her own. If she knows about it and seems not to care then tell her shes a piece of sh!t. Or just leave it alone and teach your kid right from wrong.:buddies:
 
Larry Gude

Larry Gude

Strung Out
Masey said:
My 11 y/o told me that his friend at school looked really sick and when asked what was wrong, his initial reply was "I can't tell you" and then said "okay, I'll tell you." Last night my older brother (high school age) poured my soda out when I wasn't looking and filled it up with beer. He tricked me into drinking 3 beers and I was throwing up all night. I asked my kiddo were his parents home when this happened and kiddo said yup because his mom knew something was wrong when he kept running into the walls and then started throwing up!

Okay, knowing the above, would you call the school and ask that they look into the situation or call child protective services and relay the story so they could check into it or merely do nothing at all.
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Nope. I would say, especially because the parents know, that this is one of those unpleasant things that happen and, hopefully, all will turn out OK for this kid and his family.

This is not abuse. It is a big brother doing something dumb and getting his little brother drunk; not exactly rape, robbery and murder and not, in my view, a proper role for government to be involved in.

On the other hand, if this IS a role for government within that family, what isn't?

Life has it's rough spots and difficult challenges. Is this going to be 'better' if this family ends up taken apart over this?
 
Beta84

Beta84

They're out to get us
Masey said:
My 11 y/o told me that his friend at school looked really sick and when asked what was wrong, his initial reply was "I can't tell you" and then said "okay, I'll tell you." Last night my older brother (high school age) poured my soda out when I wasn't looking and filled it up with beer. He tricked me into drinking 3 beers and I was throwing up all night. I asked my kiddo were his parents home when this happened and kiddo said yup because his mom knew something was wrong when he kept running into the walls and then started throwing up!

Okay, knowing the above, would you call the school and ask that they look into the situation or call child protective services and relay the story so they could check into it or merely do nothing at all.
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If the kid was completely ignorant on the whole thing, how did he know it was the beer that was making him sick the next day? Next, why was it bad to tell his friend that he had beers? Then his brother supposedly swapped in beer for soda, which tastes completely different, and he didn't notice. Then he somehow knew that he had in fact consumed 3 beers even though he claimed to not know.

But on top of all that, it sounds like his brother is probably a bit older...so even if this story somehow all holds together, are you supposed to be monitoring your kid 24/7, especially when you have an older brother watching him? What would you have done if the parents weren't home? Called them on child abuse for leaving the kid home with his brother? Was his brother the same age? Younger? He's around 11...tons of 11 yr olds stay home alone.

Sounds like a slew of lies and even if that entire story is somehow true, the best you can do is contact the parents and let them know whats up. But chances of that actually being a real story is pretty low. He just wanted to sound cool. You don't think his parents would have noticed that he was hungover when he left in the morning?
 
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poster

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ImAChvyGirl said:
If it were me I would inform the school about the situation and let them handle it. The schools offices would know who to call and may even inform the school of the older brother. JMHO Good luck with your choice.
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I would call the counselor and tell him/her that your child told you something that needs to be brought to their attention. Please call him down and discuss it with him. I've had to do this but I did let my child know it was going to happen and be prepared to talk to someone. If you think that it'd make him uncomfortable you should go with him.
 
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