From Detroit, a university professor attending a ball game with his 7 year old son purchased for said son what he thought was lemonade in a bottle. What it actually was was "Mike's Hard Lemonade" which I believe is 5% alcohol. A security guard spotted the kid sipping the drink, and took matters into his own hands. The drink was confiscated, the kid was taken to the hospital and checked out. Not drunk. Child Protective Services (CPS) was called. Kid was posted to foster care. After some legal wrangling, kid was allowed home, IF father removed himself from the household.

hard lemonade, hard choice

Right now I'm thinking that the parent could have been a bit more careful with a bottled drink with which he was not familiar. But this is MINOR MINOR stuff, and overkill on the part of the authorities particularly the guard who got the ball rolling.

So is this a case of horrible parenting? Authoritarian overkill? An unfortunate consequence of society's attempt to deal with actual horrible parents? Does the story ring true?

Or should one bring one's own canteen of water to Detroit at-homes?