A DAD told yesterday how he argued with his son over the lad’s boozing just before he was killed on a motorway.
Andrew Turner asked Scott, 15, to stop drinking at a wedding reception, an inquest heard.
Scott stormed off and wandered on to the nearby M23 where he was knocked down in the middle lane by a guest from another wedding.
An ambulance and a police car were among the vehicles that ran over the body.
His dad told the inquest: “He wasn’t falling over himself but I did say to Scott, ‘You’ve had enough, leave it there’. He then said a few words to me, as 15-year-old kids do. He said, ‘Oh, leave me alone, Dad. You are always having a go at me’.
“I said, ‘Scott, you’ve had enough and go to bed’.”
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/04/29/dad-rowed-with-teenage-son-about-boozing-before-lad-died-on-m23-115875-23093077/
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Why not? It is a very responsible thing to do to introduce your kids to alcohol. Would you rather stop them drinking (or try to) so they do it behind your back or go daft on it when they are allowed to drink?
OK. You want a third go?
I guess in my first post, I should have said that "his dad shouldn't have let him drink so much at 15 anyway." :thumbsup: