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[quote=Anonymous]Agree it’s really stupid for parents to do this for other people’s kids.
Also this is the worst time.  The month before and after HS graduation is the most deadly time for American youth.  They are already making bad choices — don’t add fuel to that fire.  I had a lot of conversations about this and basically said — if you see someone take even a sip of alcohol or a single toke of weed or ant drug, do not get in their car.  I will drive you or you use my uber account.  Period.  If you’re embarrassed, make up a dumb story like your brother broke his arm and you need to go help your mom.  Or your mom has food poisoning and you need to go home.  Or whatever.  I will cover for you.

And it’s not just alchohol—it’s also exhaustion.  These kids have been burning the candle at both ends for months and now feel like they need to “make memories for life”.  There have been a nimber of accidents where the kids were just too tired or too ramped up to drive — no booze involved.

I don’t think it’s a bad idea for a kid to have a beer or cocktail at home with family the summer before they leave so they have some sense of how alcohol hits them.  We didn’t really do that but did have a lot of conversations about safe drinking. [/quote]

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