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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them.  Not the Uber guy.[/quote]

+1, I would want them to call even more if they were drinking.[/quote]
But that's precisely why they wouldn't call you. [b]Most teens feel the choice is uber home or drive with drunk friend. [/b]Nobody wants to call their parents when they've been drinking no matter how understanding their parents say they will be. [/quote]

What do you base this statement on?[/quote]

Parents who are hands off or know their parents will not come get them.[/quote]

Our school has a meeting with kids about drinking and drugs and they took a survey that they won't call their parents because their parents will lecture them and freak out. They would rather stay at a drinking party and risk getting caught than call parents.

They also said they would be more likely to call an Uber than call their parents. [/quote]

That is a parenting issue, not an uber issue.  Either way if they Ubered you would see the bill and start to question it?  As parents, you know when your child has been drinking and how you deal with it is up to you but they need to know you will come get them and support them.[/quote]

I agree it is a parenting issue. I trust my children to get out of a bad situation and to use their judgement. When a bad situation arises they knew what to do. They are older now ... if you don't have a HS graduate you are just entering the years of discourse.

Good luck! [/quote]

I have older and younger ones.  They know to call us and we will come.  If they used good judgment, they will not get in trouble.  I teach them to try not to get in those situations in the first place.[/quote]

Your older kids have never been to a party and realized their was alcohol?[/quote]

Nope.[/quote]

The issue isn't if the alcohol is there, it is if THEY are drinking it, are they driving, who is driving and how it impacts them.  Kids can drink at home if it is that big of a deal.[/quote]

Oh, I'd have an issue if my sober 15 year old kid was at a drinking party.[/quote]

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