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[quote=Anonymous]ok just NO on the fake ID.

Then, it depends on the temperament of your teen, and I would suggest, if she has that one really reliable friend that will not abandon her in case the group starts getting either catty, or wild.  That friend and your DD should have the same agenda.

If she has that one friend, AND if she can be that same type of friend to that friend, then I think it's ok.  The two of them will protect each other from any dangers, and protect each other from their group if necessary.

I say this because after graduate school I went through Europe with two classmates that I didn't know as well as I should.  We didn't realize until we got there that our agendas were different--I wanted to see the historical sites, one wanted to shop, and the third wanted to screw any guy she could find.  LSS, the shopper left early, and then that third classmate got me in a couple of stressful situations, as her target-of-the-night always had a friend who would train his focus on me.

Most importantly, this classmate was naive and we ended up almost getting kidnapped in Naples. I know this sounds unbelievable, but it was a very scary situation, and it was due to her being so ready to go anywhere with male strangers and I was trying to not leave her alone (and also not be alone myself).  I was trying to get her to get out of the situation by coming with me (of course I was going against the guys, going against the group pressure).  She was recalcitrant until it finally dawned on her that we were in danger, and by then we were in too deep.

ugh I hated typing that; I haven't thought of it in a while.[/quote]

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