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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was 13 I was at a neighbor friend's house one weekday after school.  No parents.  A classmate of hers stopped by with a few kids we didn't know well, asking to pick up something for a school project.  Long story short one of those kids swiped a bottle of vodka out of the liquor cabinet, which we found out when the police showed up that night.  The kid who swiped the vodka had proceeded to drink almost the entire bottle and was hauled off to the hospital that evening.  It was a horrible, frightening situation and my friend and I were interrogated at length and got in a lot of trouble, as did her parents.  No one was arrested but there was a lot of blame coming from multiple directions.

A hell of a lot can go wrong when adolescents have access to drugs and/or alcohol.  Some people may think their kids are above temptation, and maybe they are, but you still need to consider all those other teenagers who may ever set foot in your house.[/quote]

I totally agree.

I'm a prosecutor and every deadly vehicle crash or other unfortunate situation involving teenagers and trouble starts with the parent telling the judge, "Larlo is such a wonderful kid. This was so out of character for him. We didn't raise him this way."[/quote]

Why would anyone say anything other than that? Do you expect something like " I've seen him leaving the house with a bottle of vodka many time, but it's was just one bottle".[/quote]

The point is that the parents are as surprised as anyone that their child would do something out of character. The further point being that no matter how trustworthy and obedient you think your child is, there's always an opportunity for poor judgment and tragedy. [/quote]

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