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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If my kid got into a car with a driver who had been drinking (or as the driver after a drink) I'd feel I failed at parenting. Because there's probably no other subject that we harp on more than No Drinking and Driving. Ever. With anyone. [/quote]
Yeah, but once your kid starts drinking, how can they really make the same choices they would if they were 100% sober?

This is what most people (both parents and kids) don't seem to get.[/quote]

Not PP responding. Of course you can't guarantee they won't make bad choices, but bad choices are not a given.  If it's something that's been drummed into your head, you'll at least think twice.

And part of the ongoing conversation we need to be having with kids from a young age is there is ZERO reason to get that trashed. Zero.  It's just not a no tolerance message we need to send. We need to teach them the ramifications of binge drinking too.  And of mixing pot and alcohol, which considering the Wootton crowd, I bet was a very likely possibility.  [/quote]

[b]Not the PP but kids do not have a fully developed frontal lobe until 25yrs old. Impulse control. You add alcohol to that already immature lobe and it is a recipe for disaster.[/B] Boys especially in situations of drinking/driving/feeling invincible. You can teach zero reason and second guessing until you are blue in the face and it could still happen to you. The main issue here are the adults with mature frontal lobes and 40+ years of life lessons in that lobe. They left those poor kids defenseless. By being a part of it, The hosts are not only encouraging it (in kids minds) but negating everything you, as a parent taught your child. [/quote]

I understand that. I'm not saying you can prevent bad choices 100% of the time. It's just that people are harping on their immaturity and minimal reasoning skills so much, it's almost like they are trying to excuse drinking and driving. Something to be expected of teens. [/quote]

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