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[quote=Anonymous]I was allowed to attend co-ed sleepovers with alcohol in 11th/12th grade. I was generally a rule follower, and didn’t do much behind my parents’ backs, but I still got myself into some idiotic situations because of drinking. My parents trusted me and I think were too lax about it. They didn’t ask enough questions (just my whereabouts and that I wasn’t driving) or vet the parents who hosted these gatherings. I am grateful I learned from experience what my limits were before college, but I also witnessed sexual coercion and assault, poor decision-making and the social repercussions, relationship verbal abuse, etc, which were largely fueled by drinking.

The kid whose house we frequented became an alcoholic, which was enabled by his parents. His dad told us the “funny story” of how his son went to the ER at age 16 to get his stomach pumped, while they were on a family vacation in the Caribbean. After college, he got fired from his first job, and a DUI.

I agree that high risk behavior in HS correlates with high risk behavior in college and poorer outcomes in relationships with friends and romantic partners as adults. This study is particularly interesting:

https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/cdev.12250#:~:text=Longitudinal%20results%2C%20however%2C%20supported%20the%20study%27s%20central%20hypothesis%3A,substance%20use%2C%20and%20elevated%20levels%20of%20criminal%20behavior.[/quote]

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