Primary School selling beers at sports day?

securityguy

Dunroamin wrote: »

It says something for British attitudes to alcohol that so many people seem to think that drinking a couple of glasses of wine with a meal or having a long alcoholic drink on a hot afternoon has anything whatsoever to do with getting intoxicated. No wonder teenagers get the wrong message about alcohol.

This, precisely every word.

If there were soft drinks that are not sweet, it would be different. But many alcoholic drinks are also excellent partners for food, which soft drinks simply aren't. There's a reason we drink wine or beer with meals, and it isn't (other than in duchy-land, in which we're all but a small step from alcoholism and need to be protected from ourselves) that we want to leave Pizza Express reeling from the savage effect of 33cl of Peroni. Unfortunately, not enough restaurants in the UK keep Badoit on hand, which is about the only decent mineral water with food, so the options otherwise aren't terribly appetising.

MarilynMonroe_2

Idiophreak wrote: »

I'm confused...what's sad about that? The children will feel it's more of event - maybe they'll be a little more proud about participating rather than just being forced to throw a silly stick because they have to. More parents are encouraged to go along and support their kids as it's an event...The community's brought together a bit and the school might even make a few quid...

Half a dozen parents sat in the rain for 6 hours waiting for their miserable kid's 2 minutes of glory (or not...the parents that turned out to ours were always the parents of....academics, shall we say ) - now that was sad!

It was more than good enough at the time.

securityguy

moneysaymoneydo wrote: »

Knives are not sold to under 18's in the supermarkets so does that mean they only should eat dinner with a fork!

Part of the problems with kids being taught to cook in schools is hysteria about knifes, which means that in turn parents are unwilling to let children cook either.

Dunroamin

securityguy wrote: »

Indeed. You've been to France, I take it?

Where the only people I've seen rolling drunk have been Brits.

MarilynMonroe_2

Its not about the parents getting drunk at a sports day, its the fact that drink will be availabale at what should be the childs day. The day should be aimed at the children and the childs needs, not pandering to parents who cant go an afternoon without an alcoholic drink.

Its like having a childs party and including what the adults want, whereas I think it should be child friendly.

Theres different kind of parenting though obviously.

Alikay

MarilynMonroe wrote: »

Sports day when I was at school, the parents that showed up just sat off to the side on chairs, there was no stalls or things for them to buy, we, the pupils, never got a drink, we just got on with it, the parents watched... the end... now it has to be a big event to raise funds, a day out for the parents, some wish to drink ...it's all turned pretty sad.

Most parents are well used to having to fund raise for their childrens' schools, and a nice cold beer (or Pimms, or fruit juice...) to drink outside in the sun whilst watching the sack race seems a nice way to bring in a few pounds IMO. Our local school also sells mince pies and mulled wine at the Christmas Fayre too and I've never seen a drunk parent at any of the events.

hunters

sexylulubelle wrote: »

Lol The thing is that Im not totally against the whole beer selling thing provided they have the licence etc to do so and hopefully parents will be responsible enough not to over do it and yes they are prob trying to raise funds for the school, but its the fact that they couldnt provide even a little drink or lollie for the kids esp when they have done so in the past?

I don't know why everyone is getting het up about knives, alcoholic parents, smokers, that is not what the OP is complaining about if you read the above.

MarilynMonroe_2

securityguy wrote: »

Part of the problems with kids being taught to cook in schools is hysteria about knifes, which means that in turn parents are unwilling to let children cook either.

I'm just curious, do you have kids?

MarilynMonroe_2

Alikay wrote: »

Most parents are well used to having to fund raise for their childrens' schools, and a nice cold beer (or Pimms, or fruit juice...) to drink outside in the sun whilst watching the sack race seems a nice way to bring in a few pounds IMO. Our local school also sells mince pies and mulled wine at the Christmas Fayre too and I've never seen a drunk parent at any of the events.

Why not just fruit juice? Why alcohol?

What sort of schools are these that do this? Never had the likes in my comprehensive must say.

365days

Dunroamin wrote: »

It says something for British attitudes to alcohol that so many people seem to think that drinking a couple of glasses of wine with a meal or having a long alcoholic drink on a hot afternoon has anything whatsoever to do with getting intoxicated. No wonder teenagers get the wrong message about alcohol.

This is exactly the reason it shouldn't be sold. There will be a small minority who will see it as a green card to get smashed at their kids sports day, with the school seen to support it.

As a school staff we have had the...do we serve alcohol debate a few times.

Maybe it's down to our catchment but the answer has always been no.