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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in the DMV.  I went to beach week 40 years ago.  It's one of my fondest memories, and the friends I did it with are still my besties to this day.

Two of my kids have done beach week.  We've been having discussions since they were in elementary school about the consequences of drinking and substance abuse.  We've been teaching pedestrian traffic and driving safety since they were in ES and HS.  We've been going to those same beaches since they were toddlers - they know swimming alone is dangerous.  They know about rip tides.  They've been navigating hanging out with their peers all through HS.  It's not like I'm dropping them into a situation they aren't fully prepared for.

They went. They had fun.  No one got arrested. The house didn't get trashed.  No one had any kind of accident.  They practiced living with people for a week before they went away to college a few months later.  They had to budget their money and buy/make their own food.

I really don't understand why parents get their knickers in a twist.  Yes, bad stuff happens at beach week.  Bad stuff also happens all summer long to stupid adults at the beach.  There are stupid, immature teens and stupid, immature adults.

If you think your kids aren't mature enough for beach week, then you need to have that discussion with them and take responsibility for not letting them go -- not blame other parents whose kids are more mature and responsible and who are ready to handle the increased freedom (that they are going to get anyway).  It's not my job to restrict my kids in order to make you and your children feel more comfortable about not being able to go to beach week.

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Geez. NP. Terrible post. And you sound like a not so nice person frankly.  The fact that accidents happened to other people do not make them stupid. And the fact that it did not happen to you does not make you a perfect parent. Statistically speaking, it was not probable to happen anyway. You can do your best to improve your statistics a bit, but things happen.[/quote]

Correct. The PP is convinced that her teens are so well-educated and responsible and their connection with their teens is so tight that they can predict that their teens will be completely responsible and not engage in high-risk behavior.

I’m sure the parents of teens who got involved in things that got them arrested during Beach Week also convinced themselves of the same thing.[/quote]

The unhinged response we all knew was coming. [/quote]

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