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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]by the time some kids are juniors and certainly seniors, they are drinking.  We do allow specific kids to drink in our house. We also allow them to drink at specific other houses. This gives us a lot more control. We talk to the other parents about who is involved and who has access to cars. Needless to say, there is all about facing reality and ensuring that there is no drinking and driving. The kids, so far, have bought in to this by policing each other. works for us, not everyone.[/quote]

http://parentonthescene.org/legal.html

Here are your legal penalties if you are caught doing this. Not to mention the civil liabilities you could face if anything happened to a kid who you allowed to drink at your house.

I hope you have a good insurance policy to cover you if you get sued.[/quote]

I think all of you misread this post.  The parent only allowed other children to drink in her home with the permission of those children's parents.  And they did so with tight controls on driving and irresponsible behavior.  This is not the way I've approached it with my teen, but I can see the benefit here.  I had some friends in college who grew up in foreign cultures where drinking was allowed and not a big deal and they were aghast at the binge drinking they saw, they never binged.  And I've seen plenty of kids who discovered alcohol for the first time in college, under no watchful eyes, and went off the deep end.

I'm not saying this is the way to go wither.  For me, it seems like too much involvement in my child's social life as well as constructing a social life around drinking.  But I also understand that my DC has tried alcohol under safe conditions and has a fairly take it or leave it attitude about the whole thing.  PP's approach may not be for you.  But some of these posts about parents getting sued or getting talked about are just hysterical.  There's no reason for other posters to be threatened by this approach.[/quote]

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