I would have hoped that our nation was teaching people to be more responsible than to intentionally provide their underage kids with alcohol.
Apparently, I would have been wrong.
The overwhelming message from panelists at the Town Hall meeting on underage drinking Wednesday was that parents have proven to be the most common source for kids having access to alcohol.The first speaker from the panel was a high school student who began drinking when she was 12 years old.
“I went with a friend to her parents cabin, and they let us have the alcohol. They didn’t have a problem with it, so I thought, ‘OK, it’s not that big of a deal.’ We went to parties and we mostly got the alcohol from parents,” said Jessie, whose last name is withheld.
Jessie went on to say, looking back, she couldn’t believe that so many of the parents didn’t try and prevent it.
This is just sad, and is just another reason why parents ought to know the parents of their kids' best friends.