'Interesting thoughts...
Before I reassociate the wine glasses with airplanes, my concerns about wine glasses were not the
number being carried by younger daughter, but both her's and my wife's reaction had one been broken due to my daughter's unimagined carelessness in waving them around. And, my daughter not recognizing that the request to her was really advice as to achieving the best outcome, with our experience as a basis for the risk vs benefit decision.
As I think about a similar piloting situation, I can imagine suggesting/asking a new pilot to taxi the plane out to the taxiway, and back onto the apron at the far end, rather than weaving along the apron, through parked planes and moving people. My experience might allow me confidence that I could taxi safely through the apron, but I'd be happier to think that the new pilot would not attempt it, and would be happy to be seen to select the lower risk approach, when there was no benefit to the higher risk.
While taxiing a Twin Otter, whose effective wingspan had been increased by 8 feet with wingtip probes, I already thought about the congestion on the apron, and elected the taxiway instead. I briefed the much more experienced pilot to my right, whose expression instantly conveyed his concurrence, and relaxation at the decision I had made, without him having to suggest. The tiny benefit in time saved by a more direct taxi was totally overwhelmed by increased risk of damaging something too expensive for me to pay for! The pilot to my right had the experience to taxi it wherever, I had the experience to not attempt that.
I continue to mentor my younger daughter to more demonstrate her experience making good risk vs benefit decisions, as she pushes the boundaries. If I'm not sweeping up glass in the mean time, so much the better!
I'm curious, what wine were you drinking?
I saw white wine in their glasses, younger daughter and I were drinking juice! I took older daughter for a flight afterward...