Taking the kids to the bar

[monster]

(because parenting is really only possible with a little help)

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by monster

(because parenting is really only possible with a little help)

Amen. I need a top up.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

As opposed to being on somebody's back porch with the kids playing in the yard or the kiddie pool, and both of them drinking alcohol... which happens frequently in every town.

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Not sure that is a fair comparison. At a bar you can't control what everyone around you is talking about, pawing each other, slurring and staggering, saying inappropriate things and so on. I don't think it's great for kids to be around drunks either at home or abroad. But if the back proch is anything like a dive bar then CPS should probably pay a visit.

I was addressing the fact that one of them was drinking alcohol is neither unusual and likely irrelevant. You are translating drinking alcohol into drunk, which is not a given. You are also throwing in pawing, slurring, and staggering at 7 to 8 PM, which is not a given either. While I think the kids shouldn't be there, everyone seems to be projecting the worst dive bar scenario they can think of.

[sexobon]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

... While I think the kids shouldn't be there, everyone seems to be projecting the worst dive bar scenario they can think of.

You mean like since there was bluegrass music, there must've been banjos?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Not at all, not that banjos is a bad thing.