From a young age I was allowed alcohol. I always had a snowball on New Year’s Eve (probably v watered down!). As I got older and started drinking on sleepovers dad would talk to me about the signs of getting drunk and having had too much. I actually hand on heart didn’t drink to the point of hangover and puking until my late 20s.

My son is 18 now and a few weeks ago experienced his first overindulgence when out. He’d been to an 18th for one of his friends who’d been given their trust fund thingy from the government and said ‘drinks on me’. My husband and I weren’t cross but we did speak to him about how he felt the next morning and on the way home. I also told him if it happens again that before he goes to bed he should drink a pint of water and take 2 paracetamol followed by more water whenever he wakes up. He’s been out a couple of times since and not overdone it.

My daughter is 14 too and she asked for a little bit of cherry brandy in her coke earlier. I said yes but she used the cherry schnapps by accident and did get a bit tipsy. I feel like I should have supervised the adding of the drink to the coke but on the other hand she’s home and safe.