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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Had a "dry" graduation party for my son.  (He was not a cool kid). It was during the day on a Saturday. Only one parent called me to ask if there would be alcohol there.  
Just because the kids are going to sneak and do stuff anyway doesn't mean we shouldn't try and have no-alcohol events. 
I'm not willing to throw in the towel and just see what happens. [/quote]
You're my idea of a good parent.[/quote]

Good for you PP.  And, good for that other parent for calling to ask![/quote]

You do realize most of the parties with drugs and alcohol ... The parents did not supply it, it is hidden from the parents. It's not until somebody throws up that the parents realize there is a breach in security.[/quote]

I hope you then told everyone to call their parents to be taken home. Did you? Or did they drive themselves, not know for sure if they had "too much" to drink?[/quote]
*knowing[/quote]

Except 1/2 the party went home, before you realize it.[/quote]

Nobody should be hosting parties so big they don't know who's there.   Nobody should be letting their kids hang out with "zero" supervision.  If all this is happening, then parents are tacitly condoning it all.  There's no way to hide heavy alcohol use unless the parents are drunk or stoned themselves.  [/quote]

You are clueless. 10 kids over to watch a movie, all are 17, you don't check on kids every 5 min. They sneak in vodka, do shots. 5 leave through the back door, your daughter realizes what is going onand comes to get you. You go downstairs and 1 kid is throwing up, 5 are gone. It happens as fast as that. PPLUS you have known all these kids since K... goood kids. [/quote]

This must be a kid posting.  I'm not clueless.  I'm a responsible parent.   Kids are in the family room, on the same level.   If you aren't drinking yourself, you can smell alcohol (yes, including vodka) a mile away.  Random checking, following by truly nixing inappropriate behavior, is a powerful deterrent.    And I know many many parents like me, who do the same thing.

And there are many parents who don't supervise.  Or who condone teen drinking.  Kids tend to go "there" to party hard.  Or they skip school and go to whatever house doesn't have parents and nosy neighbors.    Not to my house.

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Your kid is lucky to have a parent who isn't afraid to be the parent.[/quote]

You really don't leave your 18 year old alone with his/her friends in your house and you stay in the same room with them???? Do you go to the movies with your 18 year old and his/her friends?  Do you meet your 18 year old at school for lunch every day?   Time to cut the cord!!!!![/quote]

Nobody said any of that. Use the summer break to brush up on your debating skills.[/quote]

Yes. That is what she said, she does not let her child watch a movie with friends without checking on them every few minutes and they can only watch tv on the same floor that she is sitting. [/quote]

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