HOUSE PARTIES
It's bound to happen: sometime after your child outgrows the need for a babysitter, but before starting college, you are going to leave the house.
It begins with a simple invitation from your kid to a friend. That invitation gets texted through the school. Instant messaged across town. And, before you know it, a quiet night can turn into house party havoc.
When parents think about underage drinking at house parties, they might flash to images of a trashed home or kids acting wild. Those are valid fears, but there are even worse consequences. Students drive to parties, or ride with friends. And then, after the party and the drinking, they get back in their cars to drive home.
Tickets, car crashes and funerals are all potential endings to the one party gone wrong.
Check out the following links for information on how to cut through the House Party facts and fiction—and how to help prevent your kids from taking their lives into their own hands on account of a house party.
