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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not just the private schools, OP.  There are families in public schools who allow this, also.  The alcohol is in the basement parties, much like decades prior. [/quote]

I was coming on here to say the exact same thing. I have been to grad parties in N Arlington and alcohol is served openly to teens.

I am from Europe (my kids are first generation) and I would never serve alcohol to minors at our home. If my kids were to ever have friends over where alcohol was snuck in and I caught them I would call each parent and have them come pick up their child. We also never leave our kids alone if we go out of town.

According to our kids, we are "the only parents who are so strict."  First of all, I know that's not true and second of all I don't give a flying ****.

[b]I have been doing a lot of reading on drug/alcohol abuse by teens and there is research out there that if kids use alcohol to numb their pain when experiencing discomfort they will never mature past the age when they started drinking heavily.[/b]  We talk to our kids about drugs/alcohol all the time and talk about it in terms of safety and brain development.  [/quote]

Anecdata, but I see this with adults I know. [/quote]

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