Anonymous wrote:A pair of teens ("adult" age) were arrested following an altercation with Dewey Beach police in the early morning hours of May 28.

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Part of my Beach Week permission speech includes telling the kids that “bail money & attorneys fees” aren’t in our budget & that if they get in trouble breaking the law, aside from the legal consequences, there are serious financial consequences in the tens of thousands and money spent on legal problems is money that can’t be spent on tuition, clothes and vacations.

Beach Week is part of growing up, and it gives you a chance to explain how real life works - leases, damages, consequences of drinking underage, how to interact with police, how to manage money and a house, what to do in an emergency, etc.

Anonymous wrote:A pair of teens ("adult" age) were arrested following an altercation with Dewey Beach police in the early morning hours of May 28.

Not good. But I hate to break it to you: this happens to a lot of teens. Don't get me wrong I'd be irate if it was my kid but they just told me about a friend being arrested for fleeing the cops and it's not these kids that did something more serious.

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Anonymous wrote:A pair of teens ("adult" age) were arrested following an altercation with Dewey Beach police in the early morning hours of May 28.

I wonder if their drunken racist comments cost them admission to college. The one was committed to play football at one of the service academies.

This happens every year though… last year a kid got detained for an open container but had a pocketknife on him and was charged with a misdemeanor. A year or two before that a few kids were drunk and fighting, one of them nearly lost his nrotc offer.

Realistically, and generally speaking, what happens to these kids? Are charges usually dropped or do they end up with records? How does this affect college?

Anonymous wrote:Not eveyone gets a happy ending, doesn't mean you bubble wrap your kids. What so many parents forget is kids learn to navigate these hardships by getting out there. Many of you sound so basic and lame.

Yup. My kid is 18 now. I am going to let them make their mistakes and then do my best to help them learn from them and navigate through the consequences. Greatest lessons in life are often learned from failures

My DD did beach week with over a dozen girls - we rented the house for the friends. No chaperone. They had a blast, were responsible, no drunken anything, no mess. House was spic and span. It is possible- depends on your kid and their friends. Not all adults are drunken fools and not all teens are drunken fools.