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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm old enough to remember a world before seat belts were used commonly and when the crusade against drunk driving was still in its infancy. A lot of parents in my small-town had a wink-and-nod approach to the issue: they surely knew their kids were drinking; they knew there were few or no designated drivers; some even tacitly condoned parties with alcohol in their homes (in that there's no way they could have missed the signs of a big bash keg party when they returned home.) I can say with some confidence that almost every single person I grew up with either drove impaired at some point while in HS, or was in a car driven by someone impaired.

But even in this very permissive environment, I don't recall a single case where a parent actually provided the alcohol. It probably happened, in a few truly sketchy homes, but it would have been shocking even in that world. I am not a teetotaler, but I think there is something seriously f-ed up about a community of parents who think there is anything normal or reasonable about providing alcohol to HS students or knowingly sitting by while HS students are drinking in their homes. [/quote]

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I remember one kid whose single mom would let kids drink in her house and she would drink upstairs with a friend or boyfriend.  It was trashy, we never wanted to even bother.  Otherwise there was no parent allowing this, even at graduation parties.  And this was 1988-1993. [/quote]

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