no-drinking teen clubs - opinions pls!!
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no-drinking teen clubs - opinions pls!!
| Wed, 01-03-2007 - 12:31pm |
Happy new year ladies! I'm seeking opinions. We live in the Chicago area. There are several clubs that admit only patrons under 21 years of age and do not serve alcohol. My opinion (in the past at least) is that "clubbing" is an adult behavior and that high schoolers don't belong in a club environment. I'm afraid that drugs or that smuggled alcohol would run rampant in this sort of environment. My almost 15 year old DD wants to go to a club with a girl friend. She has not shown very good judgement over that past several months and is on a very short leash. What do you ladies think of these places? Thanks!

We faced this recently. My 15yo DD wanted to go to a teen night with a friend. I looked the place up online, and called the owner. He discussed their security procedures, and reassured me. For example, he has his own security, asks for ID for anyone who "looks over 17", does not let kids leave and then return (can't get drunk in the parking lot). He invited me to come and look around - I didn't do this, but was happy that he invited me. He also said - "I'm a local business man, I don't want trouble, I want to stay in business".
Based on this - I drove my DD and friend there (they wanted to walk), waited until they went inside, and set an early pickup time ("Oh Moooooom!"). I told her if it went well, we'd talk about a later pick up time another night.
Things went well. There was another night last week, but she couldn't go. I would have let her.
Check things out and then go with your judgement.
HTH
Sue