I think you're allowed to give
a certain quantity of alcohol to your own child within the house, and I can't think of anything I've heard about people being prosecuted for buying alcohol for those younger than them. The law comes down like a ton of bricks on supermarkets and pubs caught selling alcohol to the underage though
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 21:33, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

that's how it used to be here I think but I think the problem is that most kids are forbidden and we have to wait so long
that when we get it we go crazy, at least that's what I did
my cousin died from alcohol poisoning and they prosecuted the guy that bought the booze for the party he was at
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 21:36, Reply)

From chatting to several American exchange students
apparantly even at university we drink a lot more than American counterparts do, and nearly everyone I know drank well before the legal age of 18
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 21:37, Reply)

I think the majority of people where I'm from tend to start drinking around prom and graduation

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 21:43, Reply)