Telling your daughter that underage drinking is illegal is unlikely to stop her. Telling your daughter that she could drink too much and get sick will not impress her. Telling your daughter that underage drinking is dangerous will probably result in eye-rolling. Getting the message through to your daughter that drinking may result in social embarrassment may, in fact, be the best way to encourage her not to drink while she's not yet of age.

It’s probably sad that most of us associate St. Patrick’s Day with beer and not the man himself. I’m part Irish, but I admit when I think of St. Patrick’s Day, it is with wistful nostalgia for my carefree youthful drinking days, not of anticipation for adorning my daughter with a shamrock crown. Screw the shamrocks, I want some whiskey.

Here we go again! An Illinois jury has found parents Jeffrey and Sara Hutsell guilty of allowing teens to drink alcohol in their home, and now the Hutsells face possible jail time: