'Catastrophe' or 'wise decision'? Parents are divided in their opinion on stopping children's alcohol parties.

Disaster or smart decision? Parents are divided on the stop for children's alcohol parties

More and more places are banning large parties with brought alcohol for minors under 18 years old. Parents see both advantages and disadvantages.

Several municipalities have already stopped the so-called pose parties by banning alcohol for minors under 18 years old in municipal halls, such as Skive and Odder municipality. (Photo: © Michael Lyck, DR News)

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The so-called pose parties, where completely young people meet up with alcohol under their arms and party, are becoming more and more banned.

In the evening, the last edition of the traditional Bondeball finds its place in Thy ( https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/slut-med-druk-unge-under-18-i-aften-danser-de-den-sidste-dans ) , where young people as young as 14 years old must bring four items.

The municipal council of Thisted Municipality has decided that it should be the end of drinking alcohol in sports halls for young people under 18 years old.

Parents' opinions are just as mixed as poses with beer and breezers.

Bryndis Slavensky would have liked to have kept Bondeball as an offer for the young. (Photo: © Michael Lyck, DR News)

Bryndis Slavensky herself has a son who is going to Bondeball for the first time in the evening.

She is upset that it is also the last.

- I think it's a disaster, because it's where young people can come together under controlled conditions when they drink for the first time.

- I think it's reassuring that there are some who have eyes on them and give us parents notice if something happens.

Karina Hag supports the fact that it is now also in Thisted Municipality that alcohol is no longer available to young people under 18 years old in municipal halls. (Photo: © Michael Lyck, DR News)

Karina Hag is herself a parent, and she thinks that one is too young to go to a party with alcohol when one is in the 8th grade.

- I don't think the children are mature enough when they are in the 8th grade. That was I myself, and I wouldn't send my own child. If it had been alcohol-free, it would have been something completely different.

She doubts that the volunteers can be 100% sure that the young people do not run around with them.

- Even though there are adults present, one cannot always keep an eye. One can have something with and sneak out to sit and drink outside.

Camilla Nordentoft thinks that a child's first meeting with alcohol should be at home. (Photo: © Michael Lyck, DR News)

Camilla Nordentoft has children, and as a mother, she can well see the advantage of having controlled conditions like Bondeball. But she also thinks that it is easier to control when it is kept within the home's four walls.

- They get permission to try alcohol at home and learn it just as quietly at home. For one must really pay attention. There can still be something, even though it is controlled. They can join something with.

- But I think Bondeball is a good opportunity for young people who need to get out and try it.

Mia and Daniel Cole think that offers like Bondeball have given young people a secure framework to make their first experiences with alcohol. (Photo: © Michael Lyck, DR News)

Mia and Daniel Cole have children who have been to Bondeball, and it was a good experience.

- It has been really nice, because there were orderly conditions. Parents made sure that no young people were left outside in a bush. If there are reasonable conditions and adults are present, it works well. That's our experience, says Daniel Cole.

Mia Cole thinks that drinking beer and breezers can become more exciting because such measures as Bondeball are being closed down.

- If it is banned, it can become more interesting. And so they might drink a little more and do it more in secret.

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