Finally, A Responsible Parent! — Page 3

I didn't in any way want to start a parenting attack (I'm the last one to question a parent who follows through on their rules), and nor do I think Wink needs to defend herself, I was just curious.

I'm 22 and just graduated from college, and my parents raised me to drink responsibly, find someone to drive, and generally to be safe. I never drank in high school, and though I did drink before I was 21, I was never drunk before I turned 21. If I had been, I would have called my parents. They would have come to get me, and I'd have been in a lot of trouble the next morning.
I also think that him calling to ask if he could stay rather than being picked up could mean he was trying to get away with it, and then I think the message was clear. She also mentioned "sneaking out" and getting drunk in a later post, which to me implies an intent to go out and drink rather than a mistake made while out and fessed up to.
I very much respect parents who set clear limits (and if I didn't before I became a teacher, I certainly do now!), I was just curious.

(Also, one of my initial questions was how old is he, and now knowing it's 15ish, and not, say 19, I would have been inclined to do the same.)

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As long as she bought him the car, she gets the say!

In my community, there was a recetn drinking bust at the high school concerning kids with pictures online showing them drinking. This is serious stuff, and the reality is that most parents are clueless, either by choice or by the inability to see common signs.

I once had a girl it was well knwon she was doing pot. When her grades dropped in my class, the mother stormed to the office and had her removed.

Let's see . . . Your child is dating a guy who looks and acts like a gangbanger (and was), skips classes, disappears late at night . . . Yep, it's the English teacher's fault.

Ok, rant over. :)
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My cousins live in Indiana and are the two stars on the basketball team (which, if you know much about Indiana is a HUGE thing to be) and neither of them drink. None of their friends drink.

Why? Because those who were caught years ago were kicked off their sport teams, spent a month staying after school, and had to perform 400 hours of community service each. Those in the group that were out of school but still underage went to jail and the 21 year old who bought the stuff was put in jail for longer.

I find it interesting that when a community enforces the rules and the law, the results work. Parents call about parties to double check and the entire community watches out for everyone.

IT is interesting the things that can happen when people are forced with the consequences

"SOLID GOLD 24 k WEDDING RING. Totally misunderstood son living with smug overly-medicated bi-polar mother. Need new car, so I'm selling this wedding ring. Worn for many years until snoopy son found it by the kitchen sink. As an added bonus, the ring comes with mother's Xanax and Valium perscriptions and nude photos of dad's girlfriend. $2,000/offer. Call vengeful son."

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