Would you want your teen DD to be friends with an adult?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't allow this.

When I was 16 I befriended my 25 year old neighbor. We would hang out in her apartment to smoke and drink. Sometimes she' d have company and would disappear with them to the bedroom. If the friend brought a friend, I would be alone with them in the living room. Not a situation I would be comfortable with looking back. My parents where too busy with their careers to figure out what I was doing

I also had the same experience when I was a teenager. There were lots of young adults in our neighborhood who hung out and welcomed teens into their homes and it was usually for pot smoking. I remember thinking I was soooo mature because older guys, friends of the older girls, wanted to date me. These were not family friends or positive influences.