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Neither is healthy. Both are potentially dangerous.
I wouldn't give my child a choice between those two. If you're asking because these are the choices you've given your child, you've lost parental authority.
Is this one of those "well at least I'm not <fill in blank>" scenarios? Yeah, those don't ever turn out well for the Small Defensive One here. The worst thing they can do when they're arguing limits is to make me cranky with a stupid argument.
My son takes online classes. After finishing those he's allowed to play Runescape or search idiotic cat videos on Youtube or something equally dopey. I suppose there might be a time when he's had 40 hours of online time in a week. OTOH, since we have family members and friends with addiction issues, drinking at the neighbor's every Friday is not going to happen.
Is this one of those "well at least I'm not <fill in blank>" scenarios? Yeah, those don't ever turn out well for the Small Defensive One here. The worst thing they can do when they're arguing limits is to make me cranky with a stupid argument.
My son takes online classes. After finishing those he's allowed to play Runescape or search idiotic cat videos on Youtube or something equally dopey. I suppose there might be a time when he's had 40 hours of online time in a week. OTOH, since we have family members and friends with addiction issues, drinking at the neighbor's every Friday is not going to happen.
If you are insulting the awesomeness of Keyboard Cat, you and I are going to have words!!!
What would you rather have your 13-year-old do? Let's assume that he or she is physically mature and your neighborhood is walkable.
Since when is a 13 year old physically mature?.....your choices are not something I would ever be faced with....so thankfully I'll pass on answering that.
Neither of the choices are acceptable in my book, but the internet is by far the lesser of two evils. Letting your 13 year old drink? Are you kidding me??? If the cops were to find out, it's the parent who's going to jail.
Zero alcohol.
Some internet but even I would be hard pressed to rack up 40hrs.
If they have 40hrs available, then make them get a hair cut and a real job (or study and help at home and around the yard and kick a footie..................)
This is a ridiculous question since these aren't even realistic problems. No one has to choose between letting their 13 year old drink or be online as much as a real job.
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