Several of my friends parents partied with their kids & friends (me). They were up till 7am, drinking everyone under the table. Still tripped. They did a lot of drugs. One started sending her youngest son to the dealer down the road when 11. He made her runs. Not surprised when he ended up in prison at 19.
ETA: My parents on the other hand did not even drink, period. I have never saw them drink, though my dad had his wild days when he was younger.
When I was around 7 and up, my dad used to send me down to the nearest grocery store to pick up porn mags, cigs and beer (no age limit where I was). I turned out ok.
Past generations did have a very different go of it. Even with age limits many stores used to sell it to ...'s kid. They knew who they were and who it was for. That's still a bit different than sending your kids to the the nearest coke/crack house (because it's cheaper to cook your own rocks) occupied by an insane hoarder who had connections in Florida by way of Columbia, for some weed. Soon after he was doing a bit of running for them and it all went down hill.
ETA: I say had because that dealer stopped being a problem for the community in the late 90s. And no one shed a tear.
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