"they're going to drink anyway"
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| Thu, 01-03-2008 - 7:36am |
Yesterday, a co-worker (K) was talking about her DD17s NYE - where they were supposed to be, how she called about going to a party in the next town, and (finally) how they planned to call a cab to come home because they would have been drinking, at someone else's house. There was a heated discussion in our office about adults allowing teens to drink in their home. One co-worker in her 60s was shocked, another co-worker whose kids are still young was surprised and scared a little for the future. I tried to stay out of most of the discussion. I don't know what to think. So far I've been lucky that DD has done little, if any, drinking. There have been a handful of situations in which there could have been drinking that she won't confess to, but otherwise I"m pretty sure it's not a big issue for her.
My friend, K, said "they're going to drink anyway, I'd rather know they're at someone's house and not driving". To me that sounds like abdicating responsibility, but she feels it's just being realistic.
Am I totally stupid and naive? Or just f-ing lucky? I think my DD knows that DH and I feel strongly against teen drinking, so if she were going to lie about something, I think that would be it.
So where do you stand? "They're going to drink anyway, so let's keep it safe" or "We should not facilitate teen drinking"?


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What a good question, Sue.
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