During a recent vacation at a family cottage, our oldest son (15)
dipped into the bar and drank enough gin to make himself vomit. It is
a cottage on the lake, and the kids are sort of 'let loose' at night
to play games or have a campfire or hang out in one of the
outbuildings. Our son had two friends along, and when they said
'goodnight' around 11PM, we figured they would just hang out and
talk. Instead, they snagged a bottle of booze and drank most of it.
This is the first time this has ever happened..... he isn't a
kid who is always 'out with friends' at all hours, and he is a smart
kid. I'm thinking this was just the plain old 'let's try this' kind
of thing that alot of kids do.
He did try to lie about it. He vomited, and the next day he
asked me for tips on cleaning vomit out of cloth. When I questioned
him, he said he found 'old cookies' in the cabinet and they made him
sick. It was such a lame lie that I think he wanted us to know the
truth.
My husband and I both spoke to him (separately), but pretty
much we are treating it as adolescent foolishness.
I think we are handling it ok, but I am curious about the
way any of you guys would have responded.
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