My kid has done BCC theater since freshman year as a performer (a senior now) and is friends with a bunch of kids on crew. That is a ridiculous rumor. Like any bunch of high school kids, there are kids who drink and those who do not. But the crew is not known for being rowdy, more sexual, or degenerate than the average group of kids. It is a great community and the kids put on pretty good shows

Anonymous wrote:I think that if there's any potential for drug abuse or inappropriate sexual behavior you should not let your daughter get involved, a momma can never be too careful nowadays

Drugs and alcohol-fueled parties exist everywhere, starting in middle school, in BOTH private and public school systems. If you're going to have that attitude, you should cloister your family. If you have an ounce of sense, you'd realize that most middle and high schoolers don't do drugs, or binge themselves sick at parties, or drive drunk, because they have been educated by their parents, and they have their own capacity to control their impulses and act cautiously. Even in environments in which they see others do it. Considering that at 18 they'll be on a campus college without you, you would do well to start scaffolding freedoms and responsibilities well before that.

- parent of college kid and high schooler.

Anonymous wrote:DD (freshmen) wants to join the BCC stage crew. However, I have heard a lot of rumors from other BCC parents that there is a strong drug culture and concerning amounts of sexual activity among this group. I don't want to limit her interests but I don't want her involved with such activity.

What should I do?

So you’ve heard there is a strong culture of teens being teens and parents exaggerating the amount of what goes in any group without giving pertinent info like age and grade?

Don’t limit your kids opportunities based on rumor.

Is that not what most stage crews do?

Anonymous wrote:Why else would you join theater?

Thank you for this.

Why else would you join theater?

Anonymous wrote:I think that if there's any potential for drug abuse or inappropriate sexual behavior you should not let your daughter get involved, a momma can never be too careful nowadays

A momma could get too careful, if she stopped her daughter from having a great experience due to silly fears

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD (freshmen) wants to join the BCC stage crew. However, I have heard a lot of rumors from other BCC parents that there is a strong drug culture and concerning amounts of sexual activity among this group. I don't want to limit her interests but I don't want her involved with such activity.

What should I do?

I find it hard to believe this is real, but if it is, my child has been very involved with BCC stage crew for two years and have never heard anything even remotely like this. All the students I've met have seemed like nice kids.

+1

Anonymous wrote:DD (freshmen) wants to join the BCC stage crew. However, I have heard a lot of rumors from other BCC parents that there is a strong drug culture and concerning amounts of sexual activity among this group. I don't want to limit her interests but I don't want her involved with such activity.

What should I do?

I find it hard to believe this is real, but if it is, my child has been very involved with BCC stage crew for two years and have never heard anything even remotely like this. All the students I've met have seemed like nice kids.

Anonymous wrote:DD has been doing stage crew for three years and she loves it! There doesn't seem to be any kind of drug culture or sexual activity. Don't let unsubstantial rumors stop your daughter from this amazing experience.

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Never heard that, PP. Don't stop her on that account. My neighbor's kid is a drug dealer at BCC. He's never approached my BCC-going kids with offers and my kids would decline if he did. Yet they've known each other since they were kids.

I think that if there's any potential for drug abuse or inappropriate sexual behavior you should not let your daughter get involved, a momma can never be too careful nowadays

DD has been doing stage crew for three years and she loves it! There doesn't seem to be any kind of drug culture or sexual activity. Don't let unsubstantial rumors stop your daughter from this amazing experience.

DD (freshmen) wants to join the BCC stage crew. However, I have heard a lot of rumors from other BCC parents that there is a strong drug culture and concerning amounts of sexual activity among this group. I don't want to limit her interests but I don't want her involved with such activity.

What should I do?