I concur wholeheartedly with Lulu2.

I have a problem with parents condoning underage drinking, combined with condoning the fact that one needs to drink (translate "get ****ed" - because a 16 yr girl lacks awareness of impact, sorry) to be able to "have a good time".

YES - these things go on. YES - that is what a lot of the kids are doing now. But what message are we sending out to kids to merely be throwing up our hands and saying weakly, "oh well, it is going to happen anyway".

My husband is an ER doctor and has seen SEVERAL DRUNKEN teens coming in to his department - often accompanied by moronic parents who say, "We don't understand. It was only ONE bottle of rum we supplied!" He has seen teenage girls, inebriated, and found NAKED in parks - again, with bewildered and naive parents who have been shocked at the prospect of perhaps being treated for possible STDs due to sexual interference in such a state.

Where does one draw the line? Do we, as parents, allow drug taking in our homes next? The old "Better under MY roof" excuse??

Tracy