Drinking Age

I think the drinking age should not be lowered because there are already too many dead teens because of drinking and driving. Lowering the age would just would just add fuel to the fire for teen drinkers. People should start thinking about their children instead of themselves. They need to start taking part of their teen's lives. I'm not saying to control their every move, just don't let them drink until they are of age. People need to learn to grow up and take responsibility for people's lives other than their own. They need to teach their children to be respectful of the rules they make. Another reason why the drinking age shouldn't be lowered is because kids and teens don't know the lasting long term effects of what drinking can do to a person. Drinking is a privilege not a right. Teens need to earn the right to drink, meaning they need to wait until they are twenty-one. Teens also need to learn that waiting for what they want will make the relief when they get what they want that much sweeter. Those are some reasons that the drinking age should not be lowered. That is my reasoning for not having the drinking age lowered.