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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is nothing that you have described that hasn't been a part of the high school experience since, well high schools were created. Yes, there was the recent incident with the police involvement, but that happens at other schools as well.

I don't see what you have described as a spiraling out of control. I see it as a you are aware that your child and their peers are at an age of discovery and experimentation and are pushing boundaries.

When I was in high school, one of the classmate's had a house in a secluded, woodsy area and many of the classmates would go, maybe once a month and drink, do light drugs and have sex. There was also beach week, where we rented houses at the MD/DEL shore for the week after school, both junior and senior years, and unsupervised, drove down, grocery shopped, cooked, hung out that the beach and partied.

Is it the school's place to sanction or condone these activities? I don't know, but things have changed a lot since we were kids. The drinking age is higher, and the penalty for breaking the law are more strident. As such, we as parents have to decide how to educate our kids and make sure they understand that they are responsible for their actions, and from there decide what activities they will participate in.

[b]I would let my kid go on something like this, but I would also tell them they as an 18 year old, they are responsibile for their actions and to behave accordingly[/b].[/quote]I agree that an 18 year old is responsible for their actions (some kids at the party will be 17).  Police intervention will sweep up everyone including those who are 'innocent.'  I would discourage my kid an err on the side of caution. [/quote]

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