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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are the parents present at these parties?  Just from a liability perspective, I'm flabbergasted.  Especially with so many of the parents being lawyers.  I know these parties do exist and it makes me sad.  Why on earth are people encouraging their much to young teenagers to be drinking?  Study after study shows how dangerous drinking in highschool is both in the short and long term.

Is this born out of a need for the parents to feel cool?  Parents who provide alcohol to minors please explain your though process.  I'm a parent who will call the cops on one of these parties.  It's just fundamentally wrong on so many levels to be serving 14 to 18 year old alcohol. 
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Why do you feel that way? Teens drink abroad. [/quote]

And this is relevant how?  This idealization of anything European is ridiculous.  European teens have their own issues with drugs and alcohol and the consequences that flow from these actions--[b]DUI's[/b], rape, depression, poor grades, etc.  Throwing alcohol into the mix of hormone crazy developing teenage boys and girls is like throwing a match onto to gasoline.  They already naturally have impulse control and judgement issues by virtue of their age.  Do these alcohol host parents want another Kavanaugh situation on their hands?  And unlike the 80's, ALL the kids have phones, everything is documented.  JUST SO STUPID and immoral on so many levels.  Where are the adults.  arrested development at its best.  [/quote]

Most European teens don’t drive. Public transportation is robust and areas are very walkable.[/quote]

Well that changes everything [/quote]

It does.[/quote]

Hmm--depression, rape, poor grades, other alcohol induced injuries (swimming under the influence and drowning, passing out and getting a concussion, the list goes on).  You don't make sense pp.  When teens start to drink their brain formation and chemistry changes.  And make no mistake, we are not talking about a glass of table wine occasionally we with mom and dad, these teens to drink to get buzzed or very often, blackout drunk.  Not sure what rock you've been living under.  Drinking as a teen no matter where in the world you live is problematic.  [/quote]

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