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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Example. Letting teen dd and her friends get wasted at dinner last weekend. [/quote]

First, you put your money where your mouth is and do not let your daughter around them unsupervised by someone you actually trust to not let that happen. That may mean she doesn't go to their house anymore without you.

Second, recognize that your friend is an alcoholic. People with a healthy relationship to alcohol would not let a teenager get "wasted" at dinner. Never mind that it is illegal to serve alcohol to a minor who is not your kid. How long was dinner? How many drinks does it take to get wasted? That's a lot of alcohol in a short period of time and is actually quite dangerous for a kid. This is vastly different from letting your own child have one glass or a half glass of low alcohol wine with a meal.

Third, understand that what you are saying is that your friend committed several crimes and your child was the victim: service to a minor; aggravated or contributing to the delinquency of a minor; and if harm should come to the child or others caused by the intoxicated child, criminal negligence.

Fourth, please know that letting a kid drink is a common grooming technique for sexual predators and traffickers; not saying your friend is doing this, but it absolutely should raise a red flag and make you cautious.

Finally, beyond all that, now that your daughter drinks, you and she need to understand the correlation between alcohol and sexual assault. Protect her by helping her take this one step toward protecting herself from future bad situations.[/quote]

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