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To: John Carragher who wrote (130838)	8/9/2005 9:02:28 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793738

do not encourage parents to have teen drinking parties because the kids will drink anyway. We have to continue to educate kids on potential serious problems with drinking. Those of us who are among the 20% of the drinkers who can't handle the stuff feel that way. I can see the parent's point about trying to keep the kids safe. This constant overreaction of police departments is especially noticeable among the medium and small size ones. They have time on their hands, and love to bust teenagers. It is out of hand, IMO.

To: John Carragher who wrote (130838)	8/9/2005 9:23:50 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793738

i believe that is how i started drinking at early age and it took a very long time to kick it. I don't think that works the same across the board. I was given wine and beer in my home from an early age and never became a drinker. I've been drunk only a couple of times in my life and got out of the habit of drinking altogether in my thirties (figured I'd rather get my excess calories from food <g>). I don't know if there's a perfect way to deal with this question. Seems to me that the couple in the article applied one reasonable approach.