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In Europe, I think it is more common tbh. Even in the UK my dad would let me try making cocktails etc. at the weekend when I was 17.

It meant when I got to university I knew how much I could drink (although as a student I was too poor to drink much anyway haha) whereas there were people drinking like half a bottle of vodka.

I don't drink any alcohol nowadays so it's not like it turned me into an alcoholic either.

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Its usually in the UK in my experience to give teenagers wine, beer or cider with meals.

16 year olds can currently have them with a meal in a restaurant or pub. Until a few years ago it was 14.

> It meant when I got to university I knew how much I could drink (although as a student I was too poor to drink much anyway haha) whereas there were people drinking like half a bottle of vodka.

I gave my kids some alcoholic drinks for just that reason.

The UK law on drinking is age 6 :D

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