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<blockquote data-quote="jbrain" data-source="post: 91145" data-attributes="member: 3450"><p>Kathy,</p><p>my difficult child also sneaked out--didn't know about it til much later when she told me about it. I think she started partying at about age 13 and was the "cool" one in the group who would do anything. Now at the ripe old age of 19 I think she has settled down quite a bit--I am sure she drinks and smokes pot but I think it is in moderation. (When she was 15 she was found drunk as a skunk in the school bathroom and when she was 17 she was found passed out from drinking by the police twice in one week--went to rehab as consequence but it didn't "take.") </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I do know even the "good" kids who were good students, going on to college, etc., were pretty much partying every weekend.</p><p></p><p>When I was 17 and a senior in high school my best friend's mom would buy wine for us on the weekends and we would go drinking and to parties, often driving while drunk. We also smoked pot frequently. We also were "good" kids--I was a easy child.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child 2 is a junior in high school but doesn't drink or smoke anything--is adamantly against all that (after seeing everything her sister did) so I am getting a break in that respect with her so far.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what, if anything, can be done, it is just so prevalent among young people. I sure don't think changing the drinking age from 18 to 21 did anything helpful, just made it illegal.</p><p></p><p>Jane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbrain, post: 91145, member: 3450"] Kathy, my difficult child also sneaked out--didn't know about it til much later when she told me about it. I think she started partying at about age 13 and was the "cool" one in the group who would do anything. Now at the ripe old age of 19 I think she has settled down quite a bit--I am sure she drinks and smokes pot but I think it is in moderation. (When she was 15 she was found drunk as a skunk in the school bathroom and when she was 17 she was found passed out from drinking by the police twice in one week--went to rehab as consequence but it didn't "take.") Anyway, I do know even the "good" kids who were good students, going on to college, etc., were pretty much partying every weekend. When I was 17 and a senior in high school my best friend's mom would buy wine for us on the weekends and we would go drinking and to parties, often driving while drunk. We also smoked pot frequently. We also were "good" kids--I was a easy child. My difficult child 2 is a junior in high school but doesn't drink or smoke anything--is adamantly against all that (after seeing everything her sister did) so I am getting a break in that respect with her so far. I don't know what, if anything, can be done, it is just so prevalent among young people. I sure don't think changing the drinking age from 18 to 21 did anything helpful, just made it illegal. Jane [/QUOTE]
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