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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since nobody seems to care because you think they don’t issue citations (sometimes with court dates), think about this: if your kid handles the citation on their own (easy to do: pay and/or knock out the community service), they aren’t likely to understand that the item will appear in a background check…which is why you need to follow up to have it removed.

All I’m suggesting is that you discuss this with your kid. Make sure you have visibility if there are any issues so you can handle it.

More directly: you don’t want to discover this on a grad school/bar exam/job security clearance check.

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I think this is good advice, but quit insisting everyone has one, and we're duped if we say our kid doesn't. My kid doesn't.  She is more of an old lady than I am! She works the granny chic, though.[/quote]

+1. I was a total hermit in college. Never drank, never went to bars, would not have dreamed of having a fake ID.

Good post, though. Just don't presume that every kids is doing this. They're not.[/quote]
Neither of mine have them: less than half have one at their ivies. Frats and social clubs have drinks if the kids want to drink and 21yo upperclassmen get it for the groups . About 25% of undergrads at both places don’t drink. It is less alcohol focused than when I was a student and I did not have a fake either nor did any of my close friends.[/quote]

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