Alcohol

This last weekend was prom, as I stated in my last post. This last Monday there was a lot of talk of the previous weekend's festivities. One of the topics was drinking. Kid's talk a lot about getting drunk. Of course they say this in groups before class or quietly where they think that I can not hear, but none the less I hear it. The question that I have when I overhear this is how do they get the alcohol? The answer may surprise you. I head from a parent that spends a lot of time at school that this alcohol is obtained from parents that plan these prom beach party weekends. The parents are getting booze for their kids. I asked my wife and others the question about whether they would allow their kids to drink in a weekend of booze filled partying. This of course does not take into account the legal implications of it. My argument is that you give teenagers who think they are invincible anyway do stupid crap without the aid of alcohol. Now take alcohol that does remove all the inhibitions and notions of good sense and give it to those same kids and you spell trouble. Even with supervision, this seems like a bad idea. While it can be argued that drinking is allowed by teenagers in other countries like Mexico, and countries in Europe, I think it is important to keep in mind that it is not illegal here. The other thing that this sends a message is that some laws are flexible, and that we can disregard some of them to suit our purposes. I am not trying to tell parents what they should do as parents, but we should be trying to send a positive message.

Until Tomorrow,
Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.  ~Roger Lewin