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[quote=Anonymous]OP, you can't head this off by sending your DC to private school.  As everyone has pointed out, its everywhere.  The vast majority of kids will experiment at some point with alcohol and pot.  And for most of them it will just be a toe in.  For a small group, they will really indulge.

You might read Lessons of a B Minus, by Wendy Mogel, a great book about raising teens.  Her advice is to understand that experimentation happens and not to freak over it.  But she also says you shouldn't send the message to your kids that its OK.  Finally, she and several mental healthy experts I've spoke with say that it is actually better for kids to experiment in high school, under your roof, than for them to experiment in college where there are no limits and no one who will care.  In high school, they have to keep it under control or get in trouble.  They are much more likely to dabble than jump in.  They are therefore more likely to learn their limits.

I don't like it but my DC experimented and decided he didn't like pot and didn't like the people who party all the time.  He tried it, its not forbidden fruit anymore, and he decided "meh."

Face it, you probably experimented as well.  Ultimately, you have no control over this situation.  Pick a school where you think your DC will be happy, not one where you think he will avoid drugs and alcohol.  Such schools don't exist.[/quote]

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