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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The other angle here is to raise the driving age to 21. Public transportation and new services like Lyft could replace teen driving. [/quote]

Yes, although driving is not the only hazard.   Teens often make poor sexual choices when intoxicated or high.  They need to be taught early how to handle drugs responsibly.   And since the teen brain is not super-rational to begin with, [b]I personally think abstaining from all intoxicants until adulthood is the wisest move[/b].[/quote]

Yes, but people (including teenagers) often do things that are not the wisest move. So then what?[/quote]
You get dead kids. Duh.[/quote]

What can we do so that, when people inevitably do things that are not the wisest move, we don't get dead kids?

How can we prevent dead kids, besides, "Well, everyone always better only do the wisest thing."? Because we know that's not going to happen.[/quote]

You don't prevent. You minimize risk. Don't give up on parenting just because you are afraid you will fail anyway. [/quote]

Minimizing risk = prevention.

Also, as advice, "Parents must parent!" is about as useless as "Everybody should do the wisest thing!".[/quote]

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