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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Lane3 who wrote (130848)8/9/2005 12:10:09 PM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (2) of 793743
 
There is no perfect answer to this, but I don't agree with this approach. Underage drinking is illegal. For us, with two teenage boys, we held to a strict no drinking policy. We threw a LOT of parties and if there had been any suspicion of drinking, we would have evicted the kids and called their parents. Our friends agreed to the same policy. If anyone left a party, they were not allowed to return. The boys didn't touch alcohol til college-- but also it was a personal choice on their parts. They were swimmers on a state championship team and they knew their performance depended on their bodies being in peak condition. Their friends all felt the same way and so it was never an issue. We were lucky.

We were visiting friends one New Year's and CW went to a party with their daughter where the keys were taken and alcohol served. Cw told us the next day that the father was drunker than the kids, and that kids were throwing up. In that case, I think the parents are flat out wrong. Serving drinks to responsible drinkers (which most teens aren't) is one thing-- enabling drunkenness in minors is another. And teens are very wobbly still in their ability to make wise choices. We need to help them make good decisions, not encourage poor ones.
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