Anonymous wrote:I was planning on introducing microbrews and good wine at home at around 15... hopefully turn dc into a wine and beer snob, so at least binging will be less likely.

Waiting for the summer camps and vacations to start and really bored, are we?

I was planning on introducing microbrews and good wine at home at around 15... hopefully turn dc into a wine and beer snob, so at least binging will be less likely.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are some parents so scared to actually parent. Instead of helicoptering, talk to your kids about drugs and alcohol.

Why do so many parents think they can control this?

Of course talk to your children about these things. But since the vast majority of kids experiment anyway, its best not to judge the parents. PP, your kids are drinking. They just aren't telling you. (Unless they are young, in which case you really don't know what you are talking about).

But that's exactly my point. You can't control it. So why bother trying to delve into which schools have a reputation for alcohol or drug use. Alcohol and drugs are obviously going to be present in each and every public and private school. My incoherent point, I guess, was that there is no way to control the environment, so truly talk to your kids from an early age with the understanding that they WILL drink and they will likely try drugs.

OK, then, we agree.

Talk to your kids about safety. The most important thing is that they (1) not drive after drinking, (2) not get in a car with someone who was drinking, (3) not take a drink from someone else or pick up a drink that you've lost sight of -- girls especially, (4) Watch out for their friends. The best way to ensure that is to tell them they have complete amnesty if they call in any of these circumstances. The worst thing would be to draw lines in the sand and react to the idea of any drinking so that you drive them under ground.

Sadly, The Heights.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are some parents so scared to actually parent. Instead of helicoptering, talk to your kids about drugs and alcohol.

Why do so many parents think they can control this?

Of course talk to your children about these things. But since the vast majority of kids experiment anyway, its best not to judge the parents. PP, your kids are drinking. They just aren't telling you. (Unless they are young, in which case you really don't know what you are talking about).

But that's exactly my point. You can't control it. So why bother trying to delve into which schools have a reputation for alcohol or drug use. Alcohol and drugs are obviously going to be present in each and every public and private school. My incoherent point, I guess, was that there is no way to control the environment, so truly talk to your kids from an early age with the understanding that they WILL drink and they will likely try drugs.

Anonymous wrote:Why are some parents so scared to actually parent. Instead of helicoptering, talk to your kids about drugs and alcohol.

Why do so many parents think they can control this?

Of course talk to your children about these things. But since the vast majority of kids experiment anyway, its best not to judge the parents. PP, your kids are drinking. They just aren't telling you. (Unless they are young, in which case you really don't know what you are talking about).

Why are some parents so scared to actually parent. Instead of helicoptering, talk to your kids about drugs and alcohol.

Most drinking? Landon by a mile.

Anonymous wrote:Can't figure out if OP was trying to trash Landon or GDS. Maybe both? Anyway, troll fail.

+1. But a few posters couldn't resist and jumped right on OP's bandwagon.

Can't figure out if OP was trying to trash Landon or GDS. Maybe both? Anyway, troll fail.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are trying to find a school where kids don't drink I take drugs, you need to move to another planet.

Straw man much? So, GDS and Heights are pretty much the same with regard to drugs and alcohol. Nice to know. By the way, what color is the sky on the planet you live on?

Yes, I would say they are similar. Maybe more drugs at GDS and more drinking at Heights.

Its hard to compare only because there is some variance from class to class. But, yeah, its there at both these schools.

Anonymous wrote:If you are trying to find a school where kids don't drink I take drugs, you need to move to another planet.

Straw man much? So, GDS and Heights are pretty much the same with regard to drugs and alcohol. Nice to know. By the way, what color is the sky on the planet you live on?

If you are trying to find a school where kids don't drink I take drugs, you need to move to another planet.

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Anonymous wrote:All of them.

There is no difference. Every one of them has lots of drinking especially by Senior year.

That is absurd, of course there are differences, dramatic differences, in school culture. Are there SOME students who drink and use drugs in EVERY school? Very likely yes. Are drugs and drinking more prevalent at some schools? Absolutely.

You can think that if you want but having been through 2 kids and Hs there are really no differences. All the schools have kids who party and do drugs. Are there kids who don't? Sure. But all the schools had representatives at the parties I heard about.

Me 3. All the schools are pretty much the same. The myths are just myths. There are T totaling lacrosse players and there are pot head acolytes, at all the schools.

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Anonymous wrote:All of them.

There is no difference. Every one of them has lots of drinking especially by Senior year.

That is absurd, of course there are differences, dramatic differences, in school culture. Are there SOME students who drink and use drugs in EVERY school? Very likely yes. Are drugs and drinking more prevalent at some schools? Absolutely.

You can think that if you want but having been through 2 kids and Hs there are really no differences. All the schools have kids who party and do drugs. Are there kids who don't? Sure. But all the schools had representatives at the parties I heard about.