When I was a child, it was candy cigarettes and shirley temples during cocktail hour at my parent's house, now children are partaking in Babyccinos and virgin margaritas in an attempt to immitate their parent's behavior. Is this good parenting?
Some professionals believe that engaging in these "harmless" behaviors as a child encourages them to engage in the behaviors as an adult to excess. Other professionals feel that by engaging in these "virgin" behaviors takes away the novelty that such behaviors present to a child and therefore lessens the draw towards the activity later in life. I think that it depends on your child, and that all children will not react the same way. You know your child best, trust your feeling with regard to these mock behaviors and your child.
There is no one size fits all when it comes to parenting and children.
Well my kids copy me most of the time. I like it.
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