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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What did you do as a kid? I did lie to my parents about that sort of thing and they couldn’t track me.

I hear what the kids do these days is get a burner phone and leave their “real” phone the place they say they will be to you. That’s what I think he will do next time. [/quote]

I never lied to my parents about where I was going and they knew my friends.   I realize I might be the exception.  I have three goals here:

1) keep him alive/uninjured (we know several kids killed in drunk/drugged driving incidents)
2) have him injure no one (we also know a kid who is now in jail for killing two friends while drunk driving)
3) have him truly understand that with increasing independence comes increasing responsibility.   I know we will have to go through these incidents, but I want him to learn to use better judgement before he's out on his own in college.  [/quote]

These are all excellent goals.  I would not worry so much about the curfew or attending these parties, as long as you pick him up OR you wait up for him if he has an approved ride home.  I do think you need to keep a careful eye out for excessive drinking, it's normal that he would try alcohol, but binge drinking at a young age is a sign of trouble and an indicator of future problems with alcohol. (He's also young enough that he needs to learn how to navigate parties without drinking, it's a crucial social skill!)[/quote]

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