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You can also use it to teach about the risk of gambling and simple probabilities. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

by _diyar 1y ago

blitzar 1y ago
Europeans with their sip of wine for kids seems to have a very different outcome to the puritanical US attitude to alcohol and ban until old age.
- yorwba 1y ago
  Different in the sense that they consume more alcohol? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_c... That it is legal for children to drink under parental supervision also doesn't necessarily mean that parents will allow it, so the legal situation isn't necessarily the deciding factor.
  - RugnirViking 1y ago
    For what it's worth, in both Denmark and the UK, my experience has been that children are indeed allowed it on occasion, often celebrations like Christmas where they will have something like bucks fizz or a little cider or something alongside the adults.
    - kqr 1y ago
      Right, and this leads to greater consumption in life. This has been studied. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306460317302848 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03064...
      - blitzar 1y ago
        France, Italy and Spain are all places I have routinely seen parents offer their children a small glass with dinner, generally from age 12 onward. https://archive.nytimes.com/well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/28/do-children-in-france-have-a-healthier-relationship-with-alcohol/ https://archive.nytimes.com/well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/2... > greater consumption in life with equivalent or lower alcoholism or alcohol dependency disorders - https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/alcoholism-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/alcoholis...
        kqr 1y ago
        > with equivalent or lower alcoholism or alcohol dependency disorders Something something about correlation and causation. I will weigh studies that try to eliminate confounders above population data rife with them.
        blitzar 1y ago
        I didn't use a phrase like "this leads to" and cite a logistic regression.

You can also use it to teach about the risk of gambling and simple probabilities. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

by _diyar 1y ago

You can also use it to teach about the risk of gambling and simple probabilities. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Europeans with their sip of wine for kids seems to have a very different outcome to the puritanical US attitude to alcohol and ban until old age.

yorwba 1y ago
Different in the sense that they consume more alcohol? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_c... That it is legal for children to drink under parental supervision also doesn't necessarily mean that parents will allow it, so the legal situation isn't necessarily the deciding factor.
- RugnirViking 1y ago
  For what it's worth, in both Denmark and the UK, my experience has been that children are indeed allowed it on occasion, often celebrations like Christmas where they will have something like bucks fizz or a little cider or something alongside the adults.
  - kqr 1y ago
    Right, and this leads to greater consumption in life. This has been studied. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306460317302848 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03064...
    - blitzar 1y ago
      France, Italy and Spain are all places I have routinely seen parents offer their children a small glass with dinner, generally from age 12 onward. https://archive.nytimes.com/well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/28/do-children-in-france-have-a-healthier-relationship-with-alcohol/ https://archive.nytimes.com/well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/2... > greater consumption in life with equivalent or lower alcoholism or alcohol dependency disorders - https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/alcoholism-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/alcoholis...
      - kqr 1y ago
        > with equivalent or lower alcoholism or alcohol dependency disorders Something something about correlation and causation. I will weigh studies that try to eliminate confounders above population data rife with them.
        blitzar 1y ago
        I didn't use a phrase like "this leads to" and cite a logistic regression.