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[quote=Anonymous]Fairfax County native here. Over 20 years in “nice” Fairfax County neighborhood. Raised 4DC - now college graduates and students.

Most shocking are parents who buy booze, host coed sleepovers, host or organize happy hours and or tailgate ahead of youth sports games.

Several years ago EMTs extricated both a drunk mom AND a HS student from the stadium bathroom and had to triage/prioritize the student and transport her first - both were vomiting.

The parents throw huge parties for themselves early on and so this grows to involve their preteens so by middle school the partying parents have socially engineered, set expectations and paved the way to have a party house for DC!

What’s changed since DH and I were Fairfax County teenagers: parents are home for the parties. They buy and supply it all.

The whole mindset of HS social life equivalent to a Tailgate State college experience! Parents fully invested in this and drive the narrative; tailgating, pre-partying, after-parties, etc.

Can think of a few HS students who had DWI charges by senior year.

Or, parents take a vacation and leave the teens home alone and low key encouraging DC to have a few friends over, no questions asked.

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