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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To be clear. I was not at a party for the students. I was a parents party where kids also attended. I assumed bar was set up for the parents. But I was wrong. It was set up for everyone.

I support the 18-year-old drinking age. I didn't mean to sound hawkish about alcohol. I was just surprised, as I said in the post, at how much a non-issue the underage drinking was at the party. 
I'm one of those parents who allow their kids to drink at home but I do it with some degree of anxiety. Apparently, not the case elsewhere.[/quote]

I'm still not getting this -- was this a private party?  If so, where?  In a parent's hotel room/suite?  At a fraternity?  In a dorm room?  Or was this an official parents weekend event sponsored by the college/university?  If so, where?  A reception on the quad?  A party in a dorm common space -- e.g., a dining hall or living room?  There was a bar -- was there a bartender? Were parents getting drinks at the bar and giving them to kids under 21?  We have 2 kids in college and I'm still having a very hard time picturing this scene -- it's just so unlike anything we've experienced at parents weekend events.      [/quote]

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