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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Respect the dead kids please. [/quote]

Which dead kids?

This crash in Silver Spring in 2011?
http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/197734/435/Desaleen-James-Shares-Her-Story-and-Video-from-the-Drunk-Driving-Crash-That-killed-Her-Two-Friends

Or these kids from 2012?
http://patch.com/maryland/bethesda-chevychase/vigil-held-for-young-man-woman-killed-on-jones-bridge-road

Or this kid from 2014?
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/2014/08/30/3-people-injured-in-md-accident/14862269/

Or these kids from 1995?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/library/magazine/drinking060798.htm

Let's talk about alcohol prevention and teen driving.

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How is the drinking going on? 
Kids lying about where they're going, 
and what they're doing... 
and dumb parents want to believe their lying kids.
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The dead kids of this thread along with the driver got more than one citation for public drinking.  The parents knew about these incidents.  The kids didn't have to lie.  Parents of friends provided alcohol at a house party so the kids didn't lie.  The problem was stupid parenting on both ends.  Turning a blind eye to drinking, providing alcohol, and allowing kids to drive drunk.

If you know or suspect your kid is drinking when not in your supervision, you need to have frank talks with them, that they can always call you for a ride or give them an uber account.  You tell them repeatedly that they never get in a car with a driver who's been drinking.  Parents who provided the alcohol should have taken car keys away from any of the party go-ers and should have provided safe rides home.

It's not encouraging teen drinking, but iparents ignoring the reality that it happens and what their teen should do aren't doing their jobs as parents.

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