I drank occasionally when I was a teenager. My parents never really taught me that drinking was bad, instead they taught me that drinking was something that should be done in moderation. My dad and my aunts would let me have drinks with them, they would buy me things like wine coolers. However they made it VERY clear that if I was ever caught drinking without their supervision I was in big trouble! In my case I think it worked. I lived right on a border town and most of my friends would go to the clubs in Mexico and drink. I figured it wasn't worth the risk because if I wanted to try drinking I just had to ask. I never once went drinking in Mexico with my friends until the day I turned 18. I think they knew that I would be less likley to put myself in a bad situation if I could try it out under their supervision.