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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even if, for many kids, the week turns out fine, why foster this? Why foster this indulgence? 
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I agree. It’s just a terrible idea all around and I don’t know why anyone would indulge it.[/quote]

I'm not sure what you mean by fostering an indulgence.  I don't know any parents who encouraged or promoted attendance at beach week.  I'd guess that almost all parents would prefer that this tradition not exist.  [/quote]

Parents have the ability to say no.  It's an option.  [/quote]

Of course. But you (?) used the term “foster” which makes little sense. Perhaps you meant “permit” or something similar. [/quote]

I'm not the original PP.  I'm the one who wrote, [i]"I agree.  It’s just a terrible idea all around and I don’t know why anyone would indulge it."[/i]

We didn't allow either of our kids to go to beach week, because it's a terrible idea.

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That’s what I would have said if you’d asked me about it when my kids were in MS or younger—both that it’s a terrible idea and that we wouldn’t allow our kids to do it.

But what we now realize is that beach week is what you make of it.  My non-partying daughter and her non-partying friends saw their classmates on the beach during the day when most everyone is sober, and then went to movies and out to eat or took turns making dinner at their house.  My son who occasionally went to parties in HS and has tons of friends had a fantastic experience playing sports, hanging out on the beach, and going to other friends’ houses at night. There was definitely some drinking in his group, but no drugs, hookups or other risky behaviors. It was all vastly tamer than what you hear about re similar trips in the 79s and 80s. We have no regrets about letting them go, but never would have permitted it if they didn’t have a track record of being very responsible. [/quote]

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