Kids grow up so fast these days—so fast, in fact, that they're drinking margaritas during snack time in kindergarten.
Okay that's not exactly happening en masse.
But it did happen in one Michigan kindergarten classroom when a child brought a bottle of José Cuervo ready-mixed margaritas to school and shared it with several of her classmates, who thought it was juice.
Parents are outraged by the mishap, especially since the child who brought the margarita told school administrators she knew the bottle had alcohol in it, according to reporting from local news station Fox 2 Detroit.
The incident happened at Grand River Academy, a charter school in the Detroit suburb of Livonia. One student reported feeling "woozy" and "dizzy" after she had drunk several sips of the concoction from a Dixie cup.
Dominique Zanders, the mother of that student, told Fox 2 the girl who brought the margarita was aware of what was in the bottle.
"The girl poured it in her cup and she drank it and the girl ended up telling her what it is, and she went and told the teacher there is liquor in this cup, and the teacher gave her a funny face."
Another parent, Alexis Smith, reported having a similar conversation with her daughter.
"I had a small conversation with my daughter - nothing big - and she told me the girl knew it was liquor."
Zanders and Smith are understandably both outraged.
The school has issued a statement, reading in part:
"While we try to keep an eye on everything our students bring to school, that’s simply not possible. It’s unfortunate that these types of adult beverages can be easily mistaken for child-friendly drinks."
The school has also said it will discipline the child who brought the margarita, but Zanders and Smith both agree that's the wrong approach--it's the child's parents that should be held responsible.
As Smith put it:
"If your child knows what it is, nothing wrong with it - but they should know not to touch it. That it's not for kids."
On social media many people were outraged by the incident.
Why would margarita mix be anywhere near a kindergarten?https://www.thedailybeast.com/kindergartners-in-livonia-michigan-accidentally-get-pre-mixed-margaritas-at-snack-time-report-says?utm_source=web_push\u00a0\u2026— Charmie91752 (@Charmie91752) 1650139925
Where was the teacher while this little girl was bartending?? https://twitter.com/YahooNews/status/1515426231096942605\u00a0\u2026— person of size (@person of size) 1650143564
I would be pissed as a parent and file charges against the parents of the child that brought it to schoolhttps://www.insider.com/michigan-kindergartners-accidentally-drank-tequila-during-snack-time-2022-4\u00a0\u2026— J.C.P. \ud83c\udd97\ud83c\udd92\ud83c\udd93 (@J.C.P. \ud83c\udd97\ud83c\udd92\ud83c\udd93) 1650289458
But this being Twitter of course, many others couldn't help but get a laugh out of this whole thing.
Nap time is earned not given.https://twitter.com/YahooNews/status/1515426231096942605\u00a0\u2026— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) 1650142000
"But the kindergartner who initially brought the drink in knew it was alcoholic\u201dpic.twitter.com/EvaZ4uScBC— Alexandre Giess (@Alexandre Giess) 1650142405
\u201cIT\u2019S NAP TIME SOMEWHERE AMIRITE\u201dhttps://twitter.com/YahooNews/status/1515426231096942605\u00a0\u2026— HootieBlowsFish (@HootieBlowsFish) 1650153558
I bet nap time went down without a hitch.— its.just.beth (@its.just.beth) 1650242075
pic.twitter.com/NJGaUtFcam— Sheila Bee \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2\u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83d\ude4f (@Sheila Bee \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2\u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83d\ude4f) 1650141058
Kindergarteners \u2018woozy\u2019 after drinking margaritas at Michigan school.\n\nI feel so cheated. My kindergarten class NEVER had cocktails. And I went to kindergarten in the 70's...\nhttps://buff.ly/3ElRcgF\u00a0pic.twitter.com/4LzZMDv0xB— Grumpy Dingo Radio (@Grumpy Dingo Radio) 1650139623
When you\u2019re trying a bit too hard to be the coolest kid in kindergarten\u2026\n\nMichigan Kindergarteners at Grand River Academy drink liquor in school, left feeling dizzyhttps://nypost.com/2022/04/16/woozy-after-drinking-margaritas-at-michigan-school/\u00a0\u2026— Amish Super Model \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Amish Super Model \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1650117192
Kids really do have it good nowadays.https://www.insider.com/michigan-kindergartners-accidentally-drank-tequila-during-snack-time-2022-4\u00a0\u2026— Rob Waziak (@Rob Waziak) 1650144709
That lil girl pouring shots of Jose Cuervo Margarita to her kindergarten class mates is hilarious— Agent of Chaos (@Agent of Chaos) 1650136223
It's not funny...ok, it's a little funny.https://www.insider.com/michigan-kindergartners-accidentally-drank-tequila-during-snack-time-2022-4\u00a0\u2026— Justin Brower \ud83c\udf3b\u2620\ufe0f\ud83c\udf3b (@Justin Brower \ud83c\udf3b\u2620\ufe0f\ud83c\udf3b) 1650211412
In the end, all the children who drank the margarita were okay after being given plenty of water and crackers per the instructions of the poison control center the school called.
