Hmm...I have a big problem with this....

hs & js baby #1

So I've been trying to catch up on reading my magazines and in the Oct 2009 Parents magazine I find this in the "Solutions - It Worked for Me" section:

 "To entice my 4-year-old to drink more water, I serve it in a cheap plastic wineglass, and decorate the rim with a slice of fruit."

I don't have a problem with drinking (I choose not to).  But I really don't think drinking should be glorified for kids.  Maybe I'm just sensitive to it, but I'd rather find a different kind of "fun" cup if DS needs to be encouraged to drink more.  

Just rubbed me the wrong way.... 

J&A2008

I liked the tip.  Our boys love their fun cups.  We don't have any "wine glass" types but they definitely love the funky straws and oddly shaped glasses.

trizzie

I agree with you. I saw that and it rubbed me the wrong way as well.  I am all about a fun cup to get a kid to drink water, but not one that is associated with alcholic beverages. 

WYEngTeacher

Eh, I think you're being too sensitive. Who's to say the kid would even understand that that's supposed to look like alcohol. They'd probably just think it's "fancy" and "grown-up looking".

sugarcube

I agree with you.  Not cool.

Tess12

I think it depends on whether or not the child has a context for it. 

If he sees mommy drink wine out of a wine glass and she says, "oh, it's a special grown-up drink." and then the child gets his own drink in the same glass, he's going to make the connection between the forbidden grown-up drink and the "pretend" grown-up drink he's having. 

But, if the parents don't drink wine and the child is not around drinkers very often, then it's just a drink in a fancy glass with a piece of fruit.

LilMissLadybug

hmm I don't know.. I have some fun "wine" glasses that are plastic the stem part has a big plastic bee, butterfly & ladybug. I had 2 of each. DD saw them when I was going through a box of stuff and wanted to use it. I don't think it's glorifying or encouraging anything, it's a cup that I put juice in. She doesn't know what a wine glass is, she just thinks it's "cool"

preg_amy

Tess12:

I think it depends on whether or not the child has a context for it. 

If he sees mommy drink wine out of a wine glass and she says, "oh, it's a special grown-up drink." and then the child gets his own drink in the same glass, he's going to make the connection between the forbidden grown-up drink and the "pretend" grown-up drink he's having. 

But, if the parents don't drink wine and the child is not around drinkers very often, then it's just a drink in a fancy glass with a piece of fruit.

I agree with this, exactly.