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To: Rambi who wrote (130869)	8/9/2005 12:30:33 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793739

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. I agree, but a misuse like that doesn't necessarily make the approach wrong. You're lucky your kids didn't get caught up in drinking. Sometimes they do despite good parenting.

To: Rambi who wrote (130869)	8/10/2005 4:10:36 PM
From: Constant Reader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793739

I agree with what you've said about this. The problem with saying ok to teen-age drinking at parties is that the parent implicitly assumes that the teen-agers at that party have the informed consent of their own parents. I realize that parents tend to keep a much closer eye on their children than they did when we were young, but, short of signed and notarized statements by each parent acknowledging that drinks will be served and their child may partake, there is no way of knowing that the other parents approve of that behavior. With all the medications we keep hearing are being forced down children for this or that real or imagined disorder, allowing drinking at the party has real risks beyond throwing up. That said, I'm not fond of the idea of the police arbitrarily deciding to administer sobriety tests to one and all on private property barring a legitimate probable cause.