In a way, though, maybe we can't really blame the parents ... they're probably CYA-ing against some nanny-state loving p.c a$$wipe reporting them to CPS for 'allowing' their kid to consume alcohol - the results of which would be them having the kid taken away and being prosecuted for child abuse.
I really wish that Americans would wise up about alcohol and stop being so damned puritanical about it. That's one of the few things the Euros get right ... maybe we should take a lesson from them.
When I was a kid my holy roller Pentecostal Grandmother and Grandfather kept a bottle of whiskey in the house for medicinal purposes only. Didn’t matter your age, if you were sick you got a dose of Grandma’s honey, lemon, and whiskey. Even some of the cold meds have alcohol in them. The amount of alcohol in that sippy cup would not have hurt that baby. Hospital visit....BS.