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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We always talk to our HS Senior about making safe choices when they go out, calling us, using Uber, etc. Well they recently announced to us that we can stop b/c they don't drink and are always the designated driver for their friends. Don't get me wrong, DH and I are not disappointed, and if this is ultimately their lifestyle choice we support it 100%, but we are concerned DC is going to go to college and decide to drink with 0 experience - which could be dangerous. [/quote]

Underage drinking is dangerous. Your kid sounds like he has more sense than his parents.

There are MANY studies which show that the increase in legal drinking age in the US has saved thousands and thousands of lives. And prevented sexual assaults and fatal falls, fights, etc.

Aging parents should not remember their youth fondly and think underage drinking is inevitable.

Society evolves...but progress is hard with the likes of many DCUM posters. [/quote]

I appreciate the perspective, but I also work to meet my kids where they're at as opposed to playing ostrich like my parents did in the 90s and having my kids lie to me. Doesn't mean I green-light all their decisions, but when I don't it gives us an opportunity to talk about it. My kid is 18 and will be living on his own in less than a year. Part of our job is to prepare him for that, but we are far from laissez-faire parents. He has made his own decision not to drink, which is the best sort of a decision a person can make - self-directed as opposed to forced on them - so we must be doing something right.

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