Accurate. I totally relate on testing wine for the taste at young ages. By the way, from a physiological view, alcohol drinking is not as addictive as sugar. And I find it way more shocking to put serve a glass of coke to young children every meal. It's about testing in a safe way in order to better prepare the adult to dangerous things. I personally was even taught to learn driving at 14yo in the country side on deserted farmer roads.
I'm from Quebec and I was always able to have a sip of my parents' glass of alcohol. My parents told me I asked my father to taste his beer when I was 2 yo. I had my own glass of wine (okay...like an ounce or two of wine!) at the table when I was 10-11 and a full size glass at 15-16. I saw the different mentalities regarding alcohol between the French-speaking side and the English-speaking side of Canada . On the Quebec side, it's okay to have a beer or a glass of wine at lunch time, especially if it's a special lunch for the farewell of a colleague or for the Christmas team's lunch. It's something you won't see in Ontario for example. When I was working in Ottawa, we had a lunch with my team as my farewell party and our Christmas team's lunch. All Quebecois had a glass of alcohol with their meal and none of the Ontarians.
This is true. I had a glass of wine at lunch one day in Toronto and my coworkers were shocked. Meanwhile my friend was offered champagne for breakfast on her French exchange in Quebec at 13 years old! Having said that though, family culture and your in group culture matters too. Growing up, I was always allowed to have a small glass of wine whenever my parents did and we occasionally even have a drink or two at the office at my current job (to toast a retiring person, at our winter holiday party, etc).
The thing is, alcohol, and especially wine, are just part of our culture in France. From this point of view it's better to educate our children early on reasonable drinking, appreciate alcoholic beverages for their taste, not just because it's booze, and how to use them. For example, we are taught about the wines, which kind of food to have with which wine; you seldom see people in France drinking wine outside meals, except for Champagne on festive occasions. At the same time we also warn our kids how dangerous excess drinking is; though it does exist in some circles, binge drinking just does not belong to French culture. And fines and penalties for drunk driving are also pretty strict, and stricly applied. It's all a question of not being excessive after all; then, like for everything, some people are reasonable, some aren't but that's human nature.
I'll never forgetting leaving Paris at about 5:30 am for our flight home and walking by a cafe full of young people. My first thought was "Wow these people are up so early for breakfast!" Before I realized they were just continuing the party from the night before :) I was impressed!!!
My family is in the rum business, as a child ( 12 years old) I was offered many cocktails. Margaritas, rum and cokes, daiquiris, and Cuba libres. My mother would make rum balls and cakes often .I was educated on the benefits of alcohol , prevention of cancer, weight control, reducing inflammation, diabetes, anti aging, Alzheimer's, parkinson's, dementia, and reversing obesity. Also, I was taught the rules of drinking not to have hard liquor on an empty stomach it could lead to dehydration and intoxication. As of today, my brothers and sisters have never been drunk . We are all adults now and we are all in excellent health. We rarely get a cold or have digestive issues.
", prevention of cancer, weight control, reducing inflammation, diabetes, anti aging, Alzheimer's, parkinson's, dementia" j'ai l'impression de lire un commentaire écrit par les médecins Français des années 60 visibles dans les documents d'archives INA. ca soigne aussi le cancer j'imagine ? sérieux..
Actually, there is no legal age for drinking in France. You can drink as long as you are under surveillance of a parent under 16 and between 16 and 18, you can drink with your parent's agree. But the legal to buy alcohol is 18yo
I am British (Welsh) we do have a reputation for being party animals, but my parents have never shielded me from alcohol, and I didn’t with my boys who are now above the legal drinking age, if they wanted to try something I was drinking , I would let them. There was no big deal surrounding it. I always said I would rather them have a glass of something in front of me than go binge drinking in a park when they were underage. Funnily enough one is a complete Tee total and the other works in a Bar so neither have been tempted down the crazy drinking route. Xx
Getting drunk before midnight was definitely not part of the plan when we went on to students parties, and the more I'm older, the more alcohol must stay a help to socialize, to have fun, and to be able to go home safely, not the goal to get sick or to have a lack of memory the next morning ! I think the number of beer drinkers in France also tends to rise up as the number of little breweries is growing and we can appreciate real beers insted of the cheap but tasteless industrials Budweiser, Heineken, 1664, Foster & cie...
True for the parties lasting until dawn. With some friends we started to call the Sun "The Signal". You don't get to leave the party until you can see the signal.
There is a reason why students go on party mode on Thursday. It's because on Friday evening a lot of students go back to their hometown for the weekend.
Thursday night because on Friday lots of student return to their parents home for the week-end ; so it's the last night of the week they can party together ^^
I agree. French students do not tend to go far from their parents place of residence do it's easier to return home. Also, although students in France are increasingly sharing accommodation, many students live alone or with just one friend in small accommodation. In the UK and in the US, students tend to go further afield and share houses or flats with several rooms. These are generalities, but they do make a difference.
A fun(?) American fact for you: the drinking age is 21 because the 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act requires that states have a drinking age of at least 21or risk losing federal highway funding. Prior to this, states had varying drinking ages (and still could if they wanted to give up their funding). My dad talks about buying alcohol in Ohio at 18 but having to be 21 to purchase any in Pennsylvania.
In my youth, I was able to taste all kinds of alcohol, but I never got drunk! I was sometimes tipsy but not to the point of rolling on the floor. Drinking a glass of wine in moderation is part of the education in France...
fun fact: in France, school restaurant offered wine, beer, and cider to children. they could drink up to 4 glasses per meal. It was only in 1956 that the decision to stop serving alcohol to children under the age of 14 during meals in the canteen was taken. And it was in 1981 that alcohol was completely removed from school canteens
Hello Kate, Happy to see you again here. I love the last part about the "croissants" or "pains au chocolat" (oui je suis Parisien, désolé pour les "chocolatineurs" mdr!) at 5 or 6 o'clock in the morning (what could be better when they come out still hot from the baker's oven? it's just a delight!). I think each French has already lived it at less one time in his life (me, more than anothers lol). Yes typically French, you've got it! All is very well explaned in this video. It's exactly that. Have a good day with yours.
I grew up in Puerto Rico and at that time the culture was less Americanized. When it came to drinking it was more European, and very similar to France. Also the party scene was a late one. For me the shock was coming to the US for college and seeing all the college kids go crazy because they were away from home and had access to alcohol. I am dating myself, I went to college during the transition from 18 to 21. I was grandfathered at 18. It was Inter to see the switch.
very accurate as a French having lived in the US.... definitely from a young age we are educated to appreciate wine and the is part of our culture and this isn't about getting drunk this is all about the test of wine pairing and part of the food culture. And champagne for very young children yes but I would say usually we dip a finger in the glass and only give a very small amount
In the 1960s, parents encouraged children to drink a little wine with water on Sundays at lunch. it was part of education, like tasting spinach! I hated it! (the wine not the spinach!) As a good French, I really try to like wine. it's such a part of the culture. In my life, I have drunk very good wines and even some great wines. I have learned. I knew how to differentiate the terroirs but I never appreciated the taste When I was forty, I told myself that I had given the product a chance and I definitely gave up trying!
I’m from Mexico, but moved to the US with my son when I got married to my American husband. I always let my son take a sip of my wine during dinner, he is 10 now. The funny thing is that my step kids, 16 and 13, just look at us like we’re crazy. And my husband doesn’t even offer a sip to them, nor do they ask for one. But I have a feeling it’s more because he is scared of his exwife finding out, and she is super American mentality! Anyway, my son already knows he likes Malbec and Pinot Noir for red and Pinot Grigio for white :)
I grew up in a Czech-American family in which alcohol, especially beer, was very normal, appreciated for taste, and never hidden. My dad brewed beer at home and we toured breweries as a family. I studied abroad in college in Spain and went on a weekend trip to Dublin with another American girl. I wanted to go to Guinness while we were there, and when we went, the other girl was shocked to see alcohol displayed so openly and proudly. I was actually kind of disappointed though that we only got to walk through some displays without going into the actual brewery!
I think in general in Europe a child can legally have a glass of wine in a restaurant if ordered by an adult. Also, In America, it is perfectly acceptable to give children the standard American diet which I consider child abuse.
Students' Thursday night is on the national schedule just like the time for the meals. I am realizing how rigid and crazy we are when it comes to scheduling our life ahahah! I accidentally got drunk at some family meetings as I was trying some alcohols when I was younger. Also my grandma used to put rhum in the crêpes dow ... I was less than 12 and struggling with myself after a couple of crêpes ahahah. Now I know better, as I am adulting (so boring).
Wine like gastronomy should be learned and it takes time. 2cl of wine will never ever kill someone especially if after the teen tried it you asked him/her what was the taste and what dish you can pair it with. We do not do it every meal of course and just a few time a year generally. After a party we did not to buy something to eat... We cooked it 😂
I'm French but I live in Canada (moving home soon). My children were all born and raised in Canada. Wine was for cooking and pairing with foods. My Canadian kids grew up with it so it was never the 'forbidden fruit' or an independent rite of passage or part of any rebellion. Their friends thought they were 'lucky snobs' (the only moral judgment their peers attached to the consumption of wine). LOL! Wine and beer were not for partying but for meals and BBQs. Jello shots were for partying! ha! ha!
I'm an Anglophone Canadian and I was raised similarly, but I feel it was probably more rare in Ontario for kids to be allowed a bit of alcohol than in Quebec. I should poll my friends to find out!
We are not taught how to drink at all in the U.S. It’s that puritanical hypocrisy that makes us really f&$@“! up. That’s where the binge stems from. Make something taboo-ish. You know . The one lie that isn’t really discussed any where is that there is not one benefit from drinking alcohol and all it does is just make us stupid. Thank you for all your videos! Love them all!
There was a time legal drinking age in US was 18, but it caused series of drink driving death from this age group, so they raised the legal drinking age to 21.
As an American I thought when I got be in my 30's I would agree with the 21 drinking age but since I lived in France for 4 years I still find it very strange.
Also American & the drinking age is ridiculous here. I honestly think it should be lowered to 16 for beer & wine and 18 for spirits. Like the whole reason it was raised to 21 is because I think President Reagan pushed Congress to make highway funds conditional on states raising their drinking age to ward off drunk driving accidents. And surprise surprise we still have drunk driving accidents 🙃 everything I’ve seen from this channel and Not Even French have convinced me the French approach to alcohol is superior to the US. It’s just too taboo here
@@youngs.1452 that’s an interesting point that I never thought of, but probably spot on. There’s maybe 3 cities per state that are walkable or have good public transit so driving is very much a necessity here. That would definitely increase car use, especially among younger less responsible drivers. Many states used to have lower drinking ages until that federal law was passed.
Yes! Very true! I always found that kids should get more educated about drinking in the States. The forbidden factor makes teenagers want to drink in the first place and when they get legal and into Colleges, the only goal is to get blasted. What makes it so dangerous in addition to the abuse is that kids in the USA start to drive much earlier than in France, usually by 16 years old.
When we lived in Rennes, we noticed that Thursday was THE night to go out if you were a student. Now in our village, we are known for cocktails. I have noticed that both men and women will drink the same drinks. Let me know if you want to come and visit! Lots of love from Gensac
That's not how they do it, all over America.😊 In Miami/South Florida, even from college age, each person gets ready in their own homes--no drinking and no games. 🚫🙅♀️😁 Then you meet up with your friends, friends or couples drive together. It's all about getting dressed to impress and then enjoying the night-life environment and music. You drive anywhere that you want to go, 2-4 people to a car, so most people can't drink too much. You don't want to be the drunk person. 🙅♀️. And everyone eats dinner before. Girls usually cocktails, guys beer and then a round or two of the same shots for everyone in your group. You only drink a lot in a house with your friends if you are having a party in that house for the night. And there's always food involved. 😊 Loved the video!😊💕
Actually I asked one of my American friend why he thinks the legal drinking age is 21 and what he told me actually make sense is that in american a lot of teenagers get their driving licenses early (at least earlier than most French people) and there's been so many accidents related to drunk driving by people younger than 21 that they decided to change it of course I can't confirm whether or not it's the sole reason but it would make sense (also in france the legal drinking age while being 18 it is to buy it and consume by yourself if you are with your legal guardian any age go and you can enter bars alone at 16 and drink if someone 18+ is with you)
Yes this is exactly the reason. I was 18 when they changed the law and it was a direct result of the large numbers of accidents and deaths among the under twenty set especially the sixteen/seventeen year olds. When they researched they discovered the eighteen year olds were buying and sharing alcohol with their younger friends.
As a French person living in America, I thoroughly enjoyed your video. I never quite understood the binge drinking culture here. But then again, I had my first sip of wine in France at the age of six. 😄(though I didn't really start drinking until much later of course)
compared to the uk it's totally different. french people don't really drink imo... they just have small glasses and just one or two... at the table they often put thier hand over the glass to say 'no more please'... it's just not the same in the uk. we get wrecked even at dinner. i think it's because we have worse weather... or we don't care about looking wrecked.
As someone from CA whose idea of bad weather is 65-70F/ 18-21C, I think blaming it on the weather is a completely valid reason. I’d be drinking much more if it was overcast and rainy
The weather is not really a matter of temperature and more of clouds and rain... if the people from CA know what rain is** Because on the French Riviera, which has a very clear weather most of the year, and warm compared with the rest of France, the temperatures usually go down to 10C/50F during the day, and it's not seen as depressing at all... at least for me (same idea even if I don't live along the French Riviera). **You know the French have a very sarcastic humour, just a joke about western American weather, don't take it personally
@@noefillon1749 lol I definitely didn’t take it personal. We get a little bit of rain where I’m at. I googled & on average there’s 48 days a year with rain or hail. So basically nothing. I spent a month in France back in July 2016, mostly in Dijon with some short trips elsewhere. Even when it rained the weather was still so nice. Can’t wait to make another trip back
@@noefillon1749 I'm from south of England where we have the best weather and it's still colder than north france... but it's not just temperature its the unpredictability... you can't really guarantee a sunny summer, that's why so many brits travel south for guaranteed sun, spain is a favourite. honestly it can rain all august in the uk, wherever you are in the country... i don't see that in france. i lived in paris for 6 years people complained about the rain there lol. it's nothing.
@@Leila2023_ well... as complaining, especially about the weather, is mostly a way to break the ice, it's not that surprising that you hear it. But I am surprised that you say that southern England have a colder weather than northern France. Some (2-3) years ago, I looked at the temperatures by month in London and Paris and during the winter, London was slightly warmer on average, even though I agree with you that during summer there is a stronger difference the other way. May be it's because Paris has a more continental climate. I never tried to compare London and Strasbourg (well known here for being very cold during winter because more continental). I think it could be interesting.
Never have I ever in my (French) life seen a woman of any age drinking Ricard! Not in Paris, not in other french cities, not even in the countryside where men can be drinking their usual Ricard "apéro" , and don't even get me started on the parisian snobs who consider Ricard as the most "beauf" aka "redneck" drink of all times :-) So when you say you saw like a group of women drinking that, I'm like "Whaaaaaaat??????" :-)
Ce que tu racontes est vrai, mais surtout en ville. Je viens de la campagne en Vendée. Et nous avons d'autres façons de boire et faire la fête. Tout ce que tu as dit est aussi vrai en campagne, il y a aussi des clubs et tout cela. Mais nous avons des traditions et des styles de fête influencés par l'alcool. Par exemple en Vendée nous avons des B.A.V. ce qui veut dire boissons à volonté. Ce sont souvent les jeunes d'un village qui organise ça. On paye notre verre (le contenant) 5€ et ensuite tout est à volonté, il n'y a pas beaucoup de choix. En général c'est bieres/rosé/punch. Mais tu peux te servir autant que tu veux. Nous avons aussi "les conscrits." A 18 ans les hommes du village partent faire la tournée des caves du village a pied. Toute les caves. Ça peut prendre jusqu'à une semaine. Et les femmes doivent les suivre en voiture. Ramassez les gens trop saoul, leurs trouver où dormir et leur faire manger (a l'époque ça ce passait comme ça, maintenant les femmes font comme les hommes). Nous avons plein de façons de boire. A savoir que la plupart des gens que je connais ont pris leurs premières cuites très jeunes. Genre a 13/14 ans. Et commencent à boire en soirée régulièrement à partir de cet âge là. Bien sûr les parents essayent de retarder le plus possible. Mais à la campagne l'alcool est beaucoup plus disponible. Surtout qu'en général tout les jeunes du village traînent ensemble peu importe l'âge. Donc souvent les gens de 15/16 ans sont en soirée avec les gens de 18/19 ans et donc les plus grand ramène de l'alcool. Bref. A la campagne il y a une grosse culture de l'alcool. Moi qui n'en bois pas, j'ai eu le droit a plusieurs réflexions, du genre " tu est malade?" Ou "tu as a arrêté parce que tu en buvais trop"... Ils ne comprennent pas trop que j'ai jamais aimé ça donc jamais trop bu d'alcool.
Even if you're not allowed to buy alcohol at the store, when you're as young as 16 you can start drinking wine or beer at a café with older people without fear of having the police check your ID. I got drunk in public for the 1st time at 16, it was a kind of initiation. In the U.S. 10 years later I still had to show my ID, what a shame...
Un de mes cousins n’ayant pas appris à gérer l’alcool durant son adolescence à fait un coma éthylique lors de sa première soirée étudiante. Son père l’a regretté et a fait bien attention à éduquer le petit frère des 13 ans.
A full table of ladies drinking Ricard ???? I agree with the marathon drinking in France. I guess that, with the habit of enjoying the taste of alcohol for casual drinking you will be able to also enjoy the feeling of getting drunk, as you drink slowly.. so it builds up and you can keep it for hours, instead of drinking 10 beers in 2h, being drunk for only 1h and then passing out or throwing up.. In France you can start drinking at 6 pm with the apéro, moving on to dinner at 8 pm, still drinking at the table with your meal, then going out in bars at 10 pm and being drunk for 4h until 2 am.. Or even later..
As a french, but i'm certainly 20 years older, than you, i firstly tasted alcool when i was seven years old, "vin chaud", "hot wine", in a real, great, amazing union of rural peoples, with my father. Then i was a little drunk for a religion ceremony, at 12, and so ? I'd really appreciate it and i'm not alcoolic.
My children (as well as me when i was their age) have already tasted wine at 4 and 6 (they like to try it in our glasses and pretend they find it good even though their face tells the contrary). I don't feel bad about it. I've been raised the same way and never ever got drunk in my whole life. As you said, it's a matter of appreciating good things and not only drinking for drinking.
Amateur de vin (pendant les repas uniquement) j'ai éduqué mes deux fils à partir de 12,13 ans. Par contre, ma petite fille de 18 ans n'en boit pas, elle préfère le coca ce qui me désole. Un vin s'apprécie en accompagnant un met avec lequel il s'accorde et on a toujours une verre pour l'eau pour se désaltérer. Le pire aux yeux d'un français, c'est mélanger le vin avec de l'eau ou autre chose (sauf le vin blanc avec de la crème de cassis pour faire un KIR) ou y mettre des glaçons. L'interdiction de 18 ans (age de la majorité) ne concerne que la vente d'alcool et la fréquentation des bars, on peut consommer de l'alcool mais c'est sous la responsabilité des parents et si ceux-ci ne font pas leur travail d'éducation et que les enfants, ou plutôt adolescents, s’enivrent les parents peuvent avoir des ennuis avec la justice. Même adulte, si vous êtes pris en état d'ébriété sur la voie publique, même à pied, vous pouvez être placé en cellule de dégrisement par la police ou les gendarmes avec éventuellement des poursuites judiciaires. Ne laissez pas croire que tout est permis avec l'alcool. Ce qui était vrai jadis ne l'est plus de nos jours. Wine lover (during meals only) I educated my two sons from 12.13 years old. On the other hand, my 18-year-old granddaughter does not drink it, she prefers coke, which saddens me. A wine is appreciated by accompanying a dish with which it goes well and there is always a glass for water to quench your thirst. The worst in the eyes of a Frenchman is to mix wine with water or something else (except white wine with crème de cassis to make a KIR) or put ice cubes in it. The prohibition of 18 years (age of majority) concerns only the sale of alcohol and the frequentation of bars, one can consume alcohol but it is under the responsibility of the parents and if these do not their work of education and that the children, or rather adolescents, get drunk the parents can get in trouble with the law. Even as an adult, if you are caught drunk on the public highway, even on foot, you can be placed in a drunk tank by the police or the gendarmes, possibly with legal proceedings. Don't pretend that anything goes with alcohol. What was true in the past is no longer true today.
I the US, Legal Drinking Age is determined by each State. I grew-up in West Virginia, where 18 was the Legal Drinking Age in the 70’s & 80’s. However @ 16 I went to Disco Clubs & never got « Carded ». I never finished even 1 drink & was responsible. Usually I had a Mai Tai or a Daiquiri with my 26yo Boyfriend @ the Club. I went to Boarding School in Virginia, where the Legal Drinking Age was 18yo; so we would get older Siblings to buy us some Wine 🍷 @ the 7-11. We didn’t drink Hard Alcohol though…
There is no legal age for drinking alcohol in France. Parents are supposed to be careful with their children and OF COURSE letting them get drunk (or even a little bit tipsy) would be considered as a serious neglect of their duty to protect their children. But, still, children have the right to drink alcohol. However restaurants/bars and shops cannot SELL alcohol to under-18.
@@sophiemaury non. Ça c'est pour la vente (ou l'offre) de boisson alcoolisée dans un établissement ou un magasin qui en propose. Mais pour la consommation en elle-même, la seule chose qui est dite est "Toute personne faisant boire un mineur jusqu’à l’ivresse encourt une peine de prison et une amende et peut être déchue de l’autorité parentale". En aucun cas il est interdit à un mineur de boire ou à un parent de faire goûter de l'alcool à son enfant. Seule l'ivresse est spécifiquement nommée. C'est une différence énorme avec les USA où dans pas moins de 19 états les parents qui feraient ne serait-ce que faire goûter de l'alcool à leur enfant seraient passibles de poursuites judiciaires et encore une bonne partie des autres états réserve le droit de "faire goûter" aux seuls tuteurs légaux et donc un grand-frère, une grand-mère, un parrain, etc pourrait être poursuivi.
Talking about american " beer " is basically using a german word ( used in a videogame to mock US "beers" and their advertisement campaigns ) Pißwasser.
Great video Kate. I thought drinking beer was perceived as not feminine. I definitely drink less now I live abroad (and less still after becoming a Mum)
Yes right, I, am French raised in a up middle class in France and at 11,12,13... yo, drink with my sisters and parents champagne on occasions...normal, it,s tradition, I drink as teen in bar, yes bar... Kyre, bier, rose with my oncle and father, the server gave me the glass, some cop in uniform take bier and alcohol in bar too... It was the 70s, 80s. .continue today. Parents take care of volume children take, they are afraid of alcoholism.
Americans drink beer because most poor people from the Northern (beer drinking) regions came to the US first. Plus, wine is very popular in some US regions. Like California, for example.
In Paris, and some big cities, you can find places to eat at 2, even 5, and when Kebabs for exemple close, at something like 5 or 6, boulangeries opens, and even coffes are opening at like, 6 or 7, and you can often eat. So in big cities you can find way to eat at nearly any hour, maybe not as easily as in American big cities, but still
In France, the legal age to drink alcohol by yourself is 18. But as a minor you may have wide range of opportunities to drink alcohol before the legal age. In a restaurant, if you are 14yo and your parents let you drink champagne, wine or beer, you will generally not looking suspicious. I don't say it's fine, but it's real.
As you know the US is a large country and the culture isn’t completely uniform. In some parts of the south you can share alcohol with your under 21 children as long as you buy it give it to them and supervise. Definitely not true in New England though.😂
I love your videos so much, they're super helpful! I'm wanting to move to Paris in the future. I'm really confused about the size of Paris. Can you please make a video on Paris arrondissements and suburbs. Are the suburbs Paris? What is the actual size of Paris and limit (Is it 105.4km² or14,518 km² (Paris Metropolitan Area) Is the population 2.2 million or 12.6 million. I mean what is the real Paris, Paris or the metropolitan area.
Paris is limited by its walls, it's Paris "intra-muros" (Inside the walls). It's 2M inhabitans. Then suburbs has grown to ~12M all around. They are other cities. Like Boulogne, Saint-Denis, Montreuil, ...
As said Guillaume, the "real" Paris is Paris Intra-muros (I side the walls). But there are no walls anymore, the limits are currently Materialized by the ring road, a kind of highway that surrounds the city. Paris is composed of 20 arrondissements, organized in a spiral from the center to the outside. The population is 2.1 million inhabitants for an area of 105 km2 with a density of 20641 hab/km2. The agglomeration (including the suburbs) is a little less than 12,6 million inhabitants.
J’ ai vu ce que l’ alcool a tué en France, j’adore boire mais combien de morts sur nos routes, la distribution d’ un verre d’ alcool a été supprimé en 1956 a l’ ecole française !
Yep, i guess we (French people) like alcohol! That’s part of our culture, présent in our meals (crêpes, coq au vin, bourguignon,…). But you don’t really talk about « apéro », digestif, etc.
France has a consumption of 12,6L per capita per year which is one of the biggest consumption in the world. Binge drinking or casual drinking are both included in the definition of alcoholism by the WHO. I do think there's a big problem in framing the french drinking culture as an exceptionalism, it breeds alcohol depedence. For the same reasons, our government refuses to consider wine as an alcohol as any other and protects it in terme of taxes and publicity which defeats public health campaigns. Sorry this is something near to my heart. I have a lot of people in denial about their problem with alcohol precisely because of this.
There are a lot of negative stigmas here, but it’s not everywhere. Like the other person said, every region is vastly different & often the stereotypes that get associated with the entire US are only from certain regions. But I agree with the drinking culture references in this video. I’m from California & Kate is from the Midwest but the things she mentioned are true here too.
so you are forced to move if you don’t fit in? that’s actually the same in europe, the gay vegan cocktail drinkers have to move to the cities, there is still an urban rural divide
i'm French (mostly because I'm always wailin' and complainin') and I'm proud to say : DEATH TO ALCOHOL AND TO ALCOHOLICS ! LET'S BRING BACK PROHIBITION !
La Prohibition est le meilleur moyen pour avoir de la vente au marché noir, et encore plus de morts. Je vis en Nouvelle Calédonie, et l'alcool a longtemps été interdit à la vente le week-end, encore récemment pendant les périodes de confinement. Dans certaines zones gérées per des coutumiers kanak, l'alcool est interdit. complètement. Et il y a des trafics, les gens remplissent des caddies au supermarché le vendredi, bagarres, cambriolage pour voler les bouteilles chez les gens, accidents de la route: 3 fois plus d'accidents , proportionnellement, qu'en Métropole, et le plus souvent liés à l'alcool. Sans compter les drame conjugaux, les bagarres, etc. Et encore plus dans les zones où c'est complètement interdit. Pire: pendant certaines interdictions, il y a eu des morts qui on bu n'importe quel alcool frelaté. Comme aux USA dans les années 30 La solution a été trouvée: les supermarchés ont des zones de vente d'alcool séparées, où il faut montrer ses papiers pour acheter, et on ne peut plus sortir comme ça avec 30 litres d'alcool dans un caddie. Définitivement une mauvaise idée.
Accurate. I totally relate on testing wine for the taste at young ages. By the way, from a physiological view, alcohol drinking is not as addictive as sugar. And I find it way more shocking to put serve a glass of coke to young children every meal. It's about testing in a safe way in order to better prepare the adult to dangerous things. I personally was even taught to learn driving at 14yo in the country side on deserted farmer roads.
also you taste wine you don't drink it.
I'm from Quebec and I was always able to have a sip of my parents' glass of alcohol. My parents told me I asked my father to taste his beer when I was 2 yo. I had my own glass of wine (okay...like an ounce or two of wine!) at the table when I was 10-11 and a full size glass at 15-16.
I saw the different mentalities regarding alcohol between the French-speaking side and the English-speaking side of Canada . On the Quebec side, it's okay to have a beer or a glass of wine at lunch time, especially if it's a special lunch for the farewell of a colleague or for the Christmas team's lunch. It's something you won't see in Ontario for example. When I was working in Ottawa, we had a lunch with my team as my farewell party and our Christmas team's lunch. All Quebecois had a glass of alcohol with their meal and none of the Ontarians.
This is true. I had a glass of wine at lunch one day in Toronto and my coworkers were shocked. Meanwhile my friend was offered champagne for breakfast on her French exchange in Quebec at 13 years old! Having said that though, family culture and your in group culture matters too. Growing up, I was always allowed to have a small glass of wine whenever my parents did and we occasionally even have a drink or two at the office at my current job (to toast a retiring person, at our winter holiday party, etc).
The thing is, alcohol, and especially wine, are just part of our culture in France. From this point of view it's better to educate our children early on reasonable drinking, appreciate alcoholic beverages for their taste, not just because it's booze, and how to use them. For example, we are taught about the wines, which kind of food to have with which wine; you seldom see people in France drinking wine outside meals, except for Champagne on festive occasions. At the same time we also warn our kids how dangerous excess drinking is; though it does exist in some circles, binge drinking just does not belong to French culture. And fines and penalties for drunk driving are also pretty strict, and stricly applied. It's all a question of not being excessive after all; then, like for everything, some people are reasonable, some aren't but that's human nature.
il y a des exceptions certains boivent du vin à l'apéro
I'll never forgetting leaving Paris at about 5:30 am for our flight home and walking by a cafe full of young people. My first thought was "Wow these people are up so early for breakfast!" Before I realized they were just continuing the party from the night before :) I was impressed!!!
TBFn 5h30 is when i left the party last friday and i am not young anymore
@@osez111 same
In France it is said that the nightclub really starts around 2:00 a.m. Arriving at a nightclub around midnight is waaaaaaay too early.
My family is in the rum business, as a child ( 12 years old) I was offered many cocktails. Margaritas, rum and cokes, daiquiris, and Cuba libres. My mother would make rum balls and cakes often .I was educated on the benefits of alcohol , prevention of cancer, weight control, reducing inflammation, diabetes, anti aging, Alzheimer's, parkinson's, dementia, and reversing obesity. Also, I was taught the rules of drinking not to have hard liquor on an empty stomach it could lead to dehydration and intoxication. As of today, my brothers and sisters have never been drunk . We are all adults now and we are all in excellent health. We rarely get a cold or have digestive issues.
", prevention of cancer, weight control, reducing inflammation, diabetes, anti aging, Alzheimer's, parkinson's, dementia" j'ai l'impression de lire un commentaire écrit par les médecins Français des années 60 visibles dans les documents d'archives INA. ca soigne aussi le cancer j'imagine ? sérieux..
Actually, there is no legal age for drinking in France. You can drink as long as you are under surveillance of a parent under 16 and between 16 and 18, you can drink with your parent's agree. But the legal to buy alcohol is 18yo
True ! but you must be 16 to enter a bar/drinking place alone.
And it's illegal to get a minor drunk, even your child.
Same in Texas actually. But legal age to buy is 21
I am British (Welsh) we do have a reputation for being party animals, but my parents have never shielded me from alcohol, and I didn’t with my boys who are now above the legal drinking age, if they wanted to try something I was drinking , I would let them. There was no big deal surrounding it. I always said I would rather them have a glass of something in front of me than go binge drinking in a park when they were underage. Funnily enough one is a complete Tee total and the other works in a Bar so neither have been tempted down the crazy drinking route. Xx
Getting drunk before midnight was definitely not part of the plan when we went on to students parties, and the more I'm older, the more alcohol must stay a help to socialize, to have fun, and to be able to go home safely, not the goal to get sick or to have a lack of memory the next morning ! I think the number of beer drinkers in France also tends to rise up as the number of little breweries is growing and we can appreciate real beers insted of the cheap but tasteless industrials Budweiser, Heineken, 1664, Foster & cie...
True for the parties lasting until dawn. With some friends we started to call the Sun "The Signal". You don't get to leave the party until you can see the signal.
There is a reason why students go on party mode on Thursday. It's because on Friday evening a lot of students go back to their hometown for the weekend.
I agree 200% with all you said, you explained it very well, and it was very entertaining and fun to watch. Especially with the baptism.
Same here in Spain. We go to the clubs earliest at 01.00 (bars don't close until 03:00). And never home before 7 😅
Thursday night because on Friday lots of student return to their parents home for the week-end ; so it's the last night of the week they can party together ^^
I agree. French students do not tend to go far from their parents place of residence do it's easier to return home. Also, although students in France are increasingly sharing accommodation, many students live alone or with just one friend in small accommodation. In the UK and in the US, students tend to go further afield and share houses or flats with several rooms. These are generalities, but they do make a difference.
A fun(?) American fact for you: the drinking age is 21 because the 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act requires that states have a drinking age of at least 21or risk losing federal highway funding. Prior to this, states had varying drinking ages (and still could if they wanted to give up their funding). My dad talks about buying alcohol in Ohio at 18 but having to be 21 to purchase any in Pennsylvania.
In my youth, I was able to taste all kinds of alcohol, but I never got drunk!
I was sometimes tipsy but not to the point of rolling on the floor.
Drinking a glass of wine in moderation is part of the education in France...
fun fact: in France, school restaurant offered wine, beer, and cider to children. they could drink up to 4 glasses per meal. It was only in 1956 that the decision to stop serving alcohol to children under the age of 14 during meals in the canteen was taken. And it was in 1981 that alcohol was completely removed from school canteens
Hello Kate, Happy to see you again here.
I love the last part about the "croissants" or "pains au chocolat" (oui je suis Parisien, désolé pour les "chocolatineurs" mdr!) at 5 or 6 o'clock in the morning (what could be better when they come out still hot from the baker's oven? it's just a delight!). I think each French has already lived it at less one time in his life (me, more than anothers lol). Yes typically French, you've got it!
All is very well explaned in this video. It's exactly that.
Have a good day with yours.
I grew up in Puerto Rico and at that time the culture was less Americanized. When it came to drinking it was more European, and very similar to France. Also the party scene was a late one. For me the shock was coming to the US for college and seeing all the college kids go crazy because they were away from home and had access to alcohol. I am dating myself, I went to college during the transition from 18 to 21. I was grandfathered at 18. It was Inter to see the switch.
very accurate as a French having lived in the US.... definitely from a young age we are educated to appreciate wine and the is part of our culture and this isn't about getting drunk this is all about the test of wine pairing and part of the food culture. And champagne for very young children yes but I would say usually we dip a finger in the glass and only give a very small amount
Enjoyed this video Kate! Funny enough it is student night every Thursday in The Netherlands too! Never knew this was a thing in France as well..
Student party night is on thursday, mainly because the bar/club rental for organized event are cheaper on thursday than friday or saturday :)
In the 1960s, parents encouraged children to drink a little wine with water on Sundays at lunch. it was part of education, like tasting spinach!
I hated it! (the wine not the spinach!)
As a good French, I really try to like wine. it's such a part of the culture.
In my life, I have drunk very good wines and even some great wines. I have learned. I knew how to differentiate the terroirs but I never appreciated the taste
When I was forty, I told myself that I had given the product a chance and I definitely gave up trying!
I’m from Mexico, but moved to the US with my son when I got married to my American husband. I always let my son take a sip of my wine during dinner, he is 10 now. The funny thing is that my step kids, 16 and 13, just look at us like we’re crazy. And my husband doesn’t even offer a sip to them, nor do they ask for one. But I have a feeling it’s more because he is scared of his exwife finding out, and she is super American mentality!
Anyway, my son already knows he likes Malbec and Pinot Noir for red and Pinot Grigio for white :)
I grew up in a Czech-American family in which alcohol, especially beer, was very normal, appreciated for taste, and never hidden. My dad brewed beer at home and we toured breweries as a family. I studied abroad in college in Spain and went on a weekend trip to Dublin with another American girl. I wanted to go to Guinness while we were there, and when we went, the other girl was shocked to see alcohol displayed so openly and proudly. I was actually kind of disappointed though that we only got to walk through some displays without going into the actual brewery!
I think in general in Europe a child can legally have a glass of wine in a restaurant if ordered by an adult. Also, In America, it is perfectly acceptable to give children the standard American diet which I consider child abuse.
Students' Thursday night is on the national schedule just like the time for the meals. I am realizing how rigid and crazy we are when it comes to scheduling our life ahahah!
I accidentally got drunk at some family meetings as I was trying some alcohols when I was younger. Also my grandma used to put rhum in the crêpes dow ... I was less than 12 and struggling with myself after a couple of crêpes ahahah. Now I know better, as I am adulting (so boring).
Superbe vidéo, j'en discutais avec un ami américain... On en est arrivé aux mêmes conclusions.
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Santé !
Absolutely. Same in Germany, however I feel in Munich the kabob places stayed open later
Belgian beers can easily reach the double digits in ABV. They're basically as strong as wine!
Wine like gastronomy should be learned and it takes time. 2cl of wine will never ever kill someone especially if after the teen tried it you asked him/her what was the taste and what dish you can pair it with. We do not do it every meal of course and just a few time a year generally.
After a party we did not to buy something to eat... We cooked it 😂
I'm French but I live in Canada (moving home soon). My children were all born and raised in Canada. Wine was for cooking and pairing with foods. My Canadian kids grew up with it so it was never the 'forbidden fruit' or an independent rite of passage or part of any rebellion. Their friends thought they were 'lucky snobs' (the only moral judgment their peers attached to the consumption of wine). LOL! Wine and beer were not for partying but for meals and BBQs. Jello shots were for partying! ha! ha!
I'm an Anglophone Canadian and I was raised similarly, but I feel it was probably more rare in Ontario for kids to be allowed a bit of alcohol than in Quebec. I should poll my friends to find out!
We are not taught how to drink at all in the U.S. It’s that puritanical hypocrisy that makes us really f&$@“! up. That’s where the binge stems from. Make something taboo-ish. You know .
The one lie that isn’t really discussed any where is that there is not one benefit from drinking alcohol and all it does is just make us stupid. Thank you for all your videos! Love them all!
There was a time legal drinking age in US was 18, but it caused series of drink driving death from this age group, so they raised the legal drinking age to 21.
As an American I thought when I got be in my 30's I would agree with the 21 drinking age but since I lived in France for 4 years I still find it very strange.
Also American & the drinking age is ridiculous here. I honestly think it should be lowered to 16 for beer & wine and 18 for spirits. Like the whole reason it was raised to 21 is because I think President Reagan pushed Congress to make highway funds conditional on states raising their drinking age to ward off drunk driving accidents. And surprise surprise we still have drunk driving accidents 🙃 everything I’ve seen from this channel and Not Even French have convinced me the French approach to alcohol is superior to the US. It’s just too taboo here
@@youngs.1452 that’s an interesting point that I never thought of, but probably spot on. There’s maybe 3 cities per state that are walkable or have good public transit so driving is very much a necessity here. That would definitely increase car use, especially among younger less responsible drivers. Many states used to have lower drinking ages until that federal law was passed.
Yes! Very true! I always found that kids should get more educated about drinking in the States. The forbidden factor makes teenagers want to drink in the first place and when they get legal and into Colleges, the only goal is to get blasted. What makes it so dangerous in addition to the abuse is that kids in the USA start to drive much earlier than in France, usually by 16 years old.
I'm from Reims and we "give bathism " to New born by putting a lip of champagn on their tongue.
I’m French and I approve everything you’re saying here.
When we lived in Rennes, we noticed that Thursday was THE night to go out if you were a student. Now in our village, we are known for cocktails. I have noticed that both men and women will drink the same drinks. Let me know if you want to come and visit! Lots of love from Gensac
That's not how they do it, all over America.😊 In Miami/South Florida, even from college age, each person gets ready in their own homes--no drinking and no games. 🚫🙅♀️😁 Then you meet up with your friends, friends or couples drive together. It's all about getting dressed to impress and then enjoying the night-life environment and music. You drive anywhere that you want to go, 2-4 people to a car, so most people can't drink too much. You don't want to be the drunk person. 🙅♀️. And everyone eats dinner before.
Girls usually cocktails, guys beer and then a round or two of the same shots for everyone in your group.
You only drink a lot in a house with your friends if you are having a party in that house for the night. And there's always food involved. 😊
Loved the video!😊💕
Actually I asked one of my American friend why he thinks the legal drinking age is 21 and what he told me actually make sense is that in american a lot of teenagers get their driving licenses early (at least earlier than most French people) and there's been so many accidents related to drunk driving by people younger than 21 that they decided to change it of course I can't confirm whether or not it's the sole reason but it would make sense (also in france the legal drinking age while being 18 it is to buy it and consume by yourself if you are with your legal guardian any age go and you can enter bars alone at 16 and drink if someone 18+ is with you)
Yes this is exactly the reason. I was 18 when they changed the law and it was a direct result of the large numbers of accidents and deaths among the under twenty set especially the sixteen/seventeen year olds. When they researched they discovered the eighteen year olds were buying and sharing alcohol with their younger friends.
As a French person living in America, I thoroughly enjoyed your video. I never quite understood the binge drinking culture here. But then again, I had my first sip of wine in France at the age of six. 😄(though I didn't really start drinking until much later of course)
compared to the uk it's totally different. french people don't really drink imo... they just have small glasses and just one or two... at the table they often put thier hand over the glass to say 'no more please'... it's just not the same in the uk. we get wrecked even at dinner. i think it's because we have worse weather... or we don't care about looking wrecked.
As someone from CA whose idea of bad weather is 65-70F/ 18-21C, I think blaming it on the weather is a completely valid reason. I’d be drinking much more if it was overcast and rainy
The weather is not really a matter of temperature and more of clouds and rain... if the people from CA know what rain is**
Because on the French Riviera, which has a very clear weather most of the year, and warm compared with the rest of France, the temperatures usually go down to 10C/50F during the day, and it's not seen as depressing at all... at least for me (same idea even if I don't live along the French Riviera).
**You know the French have a very sarcastic humour, just a joke about western American weather, don't take it personally
@@noefillon1749 lol I definitely didn’t take it personal. We get a little bit of rain where I’m at. I googled & on average there’s 48 days a year with rain or hail. So basically nothing.
I spent a month in France back in July 2016, mostly in Dijon with some short trips elsewhere. Even when it rained the weather was still so nice. Can’t wait to make another trip back
@@noefillon1749 I'm from south of England where we have the best weather and it's still colder than north france... but it's not just temperature its the unpredictability... you can't really guarantee a sunny summer, that's why so many brits travel south for guaranteed sun, spain is a favourite. honestly it can rain all august in the uk, wherever you are in the country... i don't see that in france. i lived in paris for 6 years people complained about the rain there lol. it's nothing.
@@Leila2023_ well... as complaining, especially about the weather, is mostly a way to break the ice, it's not that surprising that you hear it.
But I am surprised that you say that southern England have a colder weather than northern France. Some (2-3) years ago, I looked at the temperatures by month in London and Paris and during the winter, London was slightly warmer on average, even though I agree with you that during summer there is a stronger difference the other way. May be it's because Paris has a more continental climate. I never tried to compare London and Strasbourg (well known here for being very cold during winter because more continental). I think it could be interesting.
Never have I ever in my (French) life seen a woman of any age drinking Ricard! Not in Paris, not in other french cities, not even in the countryside where men can be drinking their usual Ricard "apéro" , and don't even get me started on the parisian snobs who consider Ricard as the most "beauf" aka "redneck" drink of all times :-) So when you say you saw like a group of women drinking that, I'm like "Whaaaaaaat??????" :-)
I live in the south and ive seen a couple. Its pretty rare but i've seen it a couple times
Ce que tu racontes est vrai, mais surtout en ville. Je viens de la campagne en Vendée. Et nous avons d'autres façons de boire et faire la fête. Tout ce que tu as dit est aussi vrai en campagne, il y a aussi des clubs et tout cela. Mais nous avons des traditions et des styles de fête influencés par l'alcool. Par exemple en Vendée nous avons des B.A.V. ce qui veut dire boissons à volonté. Ce sont souvent les jeunes d'un village qui organise ça. On paye notre verre (le contenant) 5€ et ensuite tout est à volonté, il n'y a pas beaucoup de choix. En général c'est bieres/rosé/punch. Mais tu peux te servir autant que tu veux. Nous avons aussi "les conscrits." A 18 ans les hommes du village partent faire la tournée des caves du village a pied. Toute les caves. Ça peut prendre jusqu'à une semaine. Et les femmes doivent les suivre en voiture. Ramassez les gens trop saoul, leurs trouver où dormir et leur faire manger (a l'époque ça ce passait comme ça, maintenant les femmes font comme les hommes). Nous avons plein de façons de boire.
A savoir que la plupart des gens que je connais ont pris leurs premières cuites très jeunes. Genre a 13/14 ans. Et commencent à boire en soirée régulièrement à partir de cet âge là. Bien sûr les parents essayent de retarder le plus possible. Mais à la campagne l'alcool est beaucoup plus disponible. Surtout qu'en général tout les jeunes du village traînent ensemble peu importe l'âge. Donc souvent les gens de 15/16 ans sont en soirée avec les gens de 18/19 ans et donc les plus grand ramène de l'alcool.
Bref. A la campagne il y a une grosse culture de l'alcool. Moi qui n'en bois pas, j'ai eu le droit a plusieurs réflexions, du genre " tu est malade?" Ou "tu as a arrêté parce que tu en buvais trop"... Ils ne comprennent pas trop que j'ai jamais aimé ça donc jamais trop bu d'alcool.
Haha with my friends we used to party and drink in paris all night and around 8 o clock we breakfast in McDonald's and we go to sleep
Even if you're not allowed to buy alcohol at the store, when you're as young as 16 you can start drinking wine or beer at a café with older people without fear of having the police check your ID. I got drunk in public for the 1st time at 16, it was a kind of initiation. In the U.S. 10 years later I still had to show my ID, what a shame...
Un de mes cousins n’ayant pas appris à gérer l’alcool durant son adolescence à fait un coma éthylique lors de sa première soirée étudiante. Son père l’a regretté et a fait bien attention à éduquer le petit frère des 13 ans.
A full table of ladies drinking Ricard ???? I agree with the marathon drinking in France. I guess that, with the habit of enjoying the taste of alcohol for casual drinking you will be able to also enjoy the feeling of getting drunk, as you drink slowly.. so it builds up and you can keep it for hours, instead of drinking 10 beers in 2h, being drunk for only 1h and then passing out or throwing up.. In France you can start drinking at 6 pm with the apéro, moving on to dinner at 8 pm, still drinking at the table with your meal, then going out in bars at 10 pm and being drunk for 4h until 2 am.. Or even later..
Dear what are you favorit bevrages? Your drinkings you usualy like drinking ?
As a french, but i'm certainly 20 years older, than you, i firstly tasted alcool when i was seven years old, "vin chaud", "hot wine", in a real, great, amazing union of rural peoples, with my father.
Then i was a little drunk for a religion ceremony, at 12, and so ? I'd really appreciate it and i'm not alcoolic.
My children (as well as me when i was their age) have already tasted wine at 4 and 6 (they like to try it in our glasses and pretend they find it good even though their face tells the contrary). I don't feel bad about it. I've been raised the same way and never ever got drunk in my whole life. As you said, it's a matter of appreciating good things and not only drinking for drinking.
Tout me semble finement observé !
This is random, but I love your cardigan! Such a pretty soft pink
Amateur de vin (pendant les repas uniquement) j'ai éduqué mes deux fils à partir de 12,13 ans. Par contre, ma petite fille de 18 ans n'en boit pas, elle préfère le coca ce qui me désole. Un vin s'apprécie en accompagnant un met avec lequel il s'accorde et on a toujours une verre pour l'eau pour se désaltérer.
Le pire aux yeux d'un français, c'est mélanger le vin avec de l'eau ou autre chose (sauf le vin blanc avec de la crème de cassis pour faire un KIR) ou y mettre des glaçons.
L'interdiction de 18 ans (age de la majorité) ne concerne que la vente d'alcool et la fréquentation des bars, on peut consommer de l'alcool mais c'est sous la responsabilité des parents et si ceux-ci ne font pas leur travail d'éducation et que les enfants, ou plutôt adolescents, s’enivrent les parents peuvent avoir des ennuis avec la justice.
Même adulte, si vous êtes pris en état d'ébriété sur la voie publique, même à pied, vous pouvez être placé en cellule de dégrisement par la police ou les gendarmes avec éventuellement des poursuites judiciaires. Ne laissez pas croire que tout est permis avec l'alcool. Ce qui était vrai jadis ne l'est plus de nos jours.
Wine lover (during meals only) I educated my two sons from 12.13 years old. On the other hand, my 18-year-old granddaughter does not drink it, she prefers coke, which saddens me. A wine is appreciated by accompanying a dish with which it goes well and there is always a glass for water to quench your thirst.
The worst in the eyes of a Frenchman is to mix wine with water or something else (except white wine with crème de cassis to make a KIR) or put ice cubes in it.
The prohibition of 18 years (age of majority) concerns only the sale of alcohol and the frequentation of bars, one can consume alcohol but it is under the responsibility of the parents and if these do not their work of education and that the children, or rather adolescents, get drunk the parents can get in trouble with the law.
Even as an adult, if you are caught drunk on the public highway, even on foot, you can be placed in a drunk tank by the police or the gendarmes, possibly with legal proceedings. Don't pretend that anything goes with alcohol. What was true in the past is no longer true today.
I the US, Legal Drinking Age is determined by each State. I grew-up in West Virginia, where 18 was the Legal Drinking Age in the 70’s & 80’s.
However @ 16 I went to Disco Clubs & never got « Carded ». I never finished even 1 drink & was responsible. Usually I had a Mai Tai or a Daiquiri with my 26yo Boyfriend @ the Club. I went to Boarding School in Virginia, where the Legal Drinking Age was 18yo; so we would get older Siblings to buy us some Wine 🍷 @ the 7-11. We didn’t drink Hard Alcohol though…
There is no legal age for drinking alcohol in France. Parents are supposed to be careful with their children and OF COURSE letting them get drunk (or even a little bit tipsy) would be considered as a serious neglect of their duty to protect their children. But, still, children have the right to drink alcohol. However restaurants/bars and shops cannot SELL alcohol to under-18.
The legal age in France is 18
@@sophiemaury non. Ça c'est pour la vente (ou l'offre) de boisson alcoolisée dans un établissement ou un magasin qui en propose. Mais pour la consommation en elle-même, la seule chose qui est dite est "Toute personne faisant boire un mineur jusqu’à l’ivresse encourt une peine de prison et une amende et peut être déchue de l’autorité parentale". En aucun cas il est interdit à un mineur de boire ou à un parent de faire goûter de l'alcool à son enfant. Seule l'ivresse est spécifiquement nommée. C'est une différence énorme avec les USA où dans pas moins de 19 états les parents qui feraient ne serait-ce que faire goûter de l'alcool à leur enfant seraient passibles de poursuites judiciaires et encore une bonne partie des autres états réserve le droit de "faire goûter" aux seuls tuteurs légaux et donc un grand-frère, une grand-mère, un parrain, etc pourrait être poursuivi.
@@mariebambelle7361 absolument. Pas d'age minimum pour consommer de l'alcool. Juste pour en acheter. En théorie...
Talking about american " beer " is basically using a german word ( used in a videogame to mock US "beers" and their advertisement campaigns ) Pißwasser.
France has a wine culture
Oo, what town was that in Belgium? Sounds awesome!
Everything is awesome in Belgium...
Great video Kate. I thought drinking beer was perceived as not feminine. I definitely drink less now I live abroad (and less still after becoming a Mum)
Have you by any chance ever tasted Chartreuse?
Green or yellow? (I personally prefer green)
@@arielpeterson8773 Indeed, my preference goes to the green one as well.
Yes right, I, am French raised in a up middle class in France and at 11,12,13... yo, drink with my sisters and parents champagne on occasions...normal, it,s tradition, I drink as teen in bar, yes bar... Kyre, bier, rose with my oncle and father, the server gave me the glass, some cop in uniform take bier and alcohol in bar too... It was the 70s, 80s. .continue today. Parents take care of volume children take, they are afraid of alcoholism.
None of my sister and me are alcoholic now
Americans drink beer because most poor people from the Northern (beer drinking) regions came to the US first. Plus, wine is very popular in some US regions. Like California, for example.
In Paris, and some big cities, you can find places to eat at 2, even 5, and when Kebabs for exemple close, at something like 5 or 6, boulangeries opens, and even coffes are opening at like, 6 or 7, and you can often eat. So in big cities you can find way to eat at nearly any hour, maybe not as easily as in American big cities, but still
In France, the legal age to drink alcohol by yourself is 18. But as a minor you may have wide range of opportunities to drink alcohol before the legal age. In a restaurant, if you are 14yo and your parents let you drink champagne, wine or beer, you will generally not looking suspicious. I don't say it's fine, but it's real.
Pastis is not considered a cocktail
As you know the US is a large country and the culture isn’t completely uniform. In some parts of the south you can share alcohol with your under 21 children as long as you buy it give it to them and supervise. Definitely not true in New England though.😂
Consumers with moderation.
I know this video is old, but the drinking age in the US has nothing to do with trust and everything to do with Federal funding for state roads.
I love your videos so much, they're super helpful! I'm wanting to move to Paris in the future. I'm really confused about the size of Paris. Can you please make a video on Paris arrondissements and suburbs. Are the suburbs Paris? What is the actual size of Paris and limit (Is it 105.4km² or14,518 km² (Paris Metropolitan Area) Is the population 2.2 million or 12.6 million. I mean what is the real Paris, Paris or the metropolitan area.
Paris is limited by its walls, it's Paris "intra-muros" (Inside the walls). It's 2M inhabitans. Then suburbs has grown to ~12M all around. They are other cities. Like Boulogne, Saint-Denis, Montreuil, ...
As said Guillaume, the "real" Paris is Paris Intra-muros (I side the walls). But there are no walls anymore, the limits are currently Materialized by the ring road, a kind of highway that surrounds the city. Paris is composed of 20 arrondissements, organized in a spiral from the center to the outside. The population is 2.1 million inhabitants for an area of 105 km2 with a density of 20641 hab/km2. The agglomeration (including the suburbs) is a little less than 12,6 million inhabitants.
J’ ai vu ce que l’ alcool a tué en France, j’adore boire mais combien de morts sur nos routes, la distribution d’ un verre d’ alcool a été supprimé en 1956 a l’ ecole française !
Tbh there’s probably more alcohol in the average dose of cough syrup than in that sip of champagne.
You will find the same thing in Canada, our beer is much stronger than American beer,
Yep, i guess we (French people) like alcohol! That’s part of our culture, présent in our meals (crêpes, coq au vin, bourguignon,…). But you don’t really talk about « apéro », digestif, etc.
We didn't have prohibition
Apero!
None of my French friends drink.
Les français donnent du vin a leurs enfants , nain porte quoi !😂
France has a consumption of 12,6L per capita per year which is one of the biggest consumption in the world.
Binge drinking or casual drinking are both included in the definition of alcoholism by the WHO.
I do think there's a big problem in framing the french drinking culture as an exceptionalism, it breeds alcohol depedence. For the same reasons, our government refuses to consider wine as an alcohol as any other and protects it in terme of taxes and publicity which defeats public health campaigns.
Sorry this is something near to my heart. I have a lot of people in denial about their problem with alcohol precisely because of this.
is it just me or is the us full of negative stigmas?!
US is different everywhere. People over generalize US culture.
There are a lot of negative stigmas here, but it’s not everywhere. Like the other person said, every region is vastly different & often the stereotypes that get associated with the entire US are only from certain regions. But I agree with the drinking culture references in this video. I’m from California & Kate is from the Midwest but the things she mentioned are true here too.
so you are forced to move if you don’t fit in?
that’s actually the same in europe, the gay vegan cocktail drinkers have to move to the cities, there is still an urban rural divide
i'm French (mostly because I'm always wailin' and complainin') and I'm proud to say : DEATH TO ALCOHOL AND TO ALCOHOLICS ! LET'S BRING BACK PROHIBITION !
La Prohibition est le meilleur moyen pour avoir de la vente au marché noir, et encore plus de morts.
Je vis en Nouvelle Calédonie, et l'alcool a longtemps été interdit à la vente le week-end, encore récemment pendant les périodes de confinement.
Dans certaines zones gérées per des coutumiers kanak, l'alcool est interdit. complètement.
Et il y a des trafics, les gens remplissent des caddies au supermarché le vendredi, bagarres, cambriolage pour voler les bouteilles chez les gens, accidents de la route: 3 fois plus d'accidents , proportionnellement, qu'en Métropole, et le plus souvent liés à l'alcool. Sans compter les drame conjugaux, les bagarres, etc. Et encore plus dans les zones où c'est complètement interdit.
Pire: pendant certaines interdictions, il y a eu des morts qui on bu n'importe quel alcool frelaté. Comme aux USA dans les années 30
La solution a été trouvée: les supermarchés ont des zones de vente d'alcool séparées, où il faut montrer ses papiers pour acheter, et on ne peut plus sortir comme ça avec 30 litres d'alcool dans un caddie.
Définitivement une mauvaise idée.