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OP - Those parents sound like folks who never grew out of their own college or early free whatever days AND never matured enough to take 'the heat" of not being their teen's "friend" or "cool parent."  However, equally clear are any parents of teens who knowingly serve alcohol to other underage kids AND then especially are not "adult enough" to at least call them a cab or see that a non-drinking teen drives them home.   However, the list of possible dangers to a teen in another family's home goes on and on in so many different scenarios - homes with guns around, homes with pills all around and casually used for this and that, the liquor flowing, easy sex fine whatever.  It comes down to setting and following your family's standards and continually reenforcing the whys and the good decisions which are made.  Teens will make risky decisions at times and when and if that happens then clearly pointing out the dangers and what could have gone so wrong.  I think you are quite aware that parenting does not end at age 18, but the context changes because by then the teen will or will not have a positive construct on which to base decisions - in other words no parent can be there to protect for a lifetime.

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