It seems to me that we've heard something just like this from a mother
of one of the visiting boys.
Barbara <mom_2_one@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Jul 13, 2:26 am, mom0f4boys <momsh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> During a recent vacation at a family cottage, our oldest son (15)
>> dipped into the bar and drank enough gin to make himself vomit. It is
>> a cottage on the lake, and the kids are sort of 'let loose' at night
>> to play games or have a campfire or hang out in one of the
>> outbuildings. Our son had two friends along, and when they said
>> 'goodnight' around 11PM, we figured they would just hang out and
>> talk. Instead, they snagged a bottle of booze and drank most of it.
>> This is the first time this has ever happened..... he isn't a
>> kid who is always 'out with friends' at all hours, and he is a smart
>> kid. I'm thinking this was just the plain old 'let's try this' kind
>> of thing that alot of kids do.
>
>Smart kids drink and otherwise get into trouble. Kids who don't go
>out with their friends at all hours drink and otherwise get into
>trouble. This may well have been his first experience, or it may only
>be the first one that you found out about. Either way, I'd advise
>that your view of the world is both naive and detrimental to
>effectively raising a teen.
>
>> He did try to lie about it. He vomited, and the next day he
>> asked me for tips on cleaning vomit out of cloth. When I questioned
>> him, he said he found 'old cookies' in the cabinet and they made him
>> sick. It was such a lame lie that I think he wanted us to know the
>> truth.
>
>I wouldn't assume that at all.
>
>> My husband and I both spoke to him (separately), but pretty
>> much we are treating it as adolescent foolishness.
>> I think we are handling it ok, but I am curious about the
>> way any of you guys would have responded.
>
>I *would* agree with your final analysis, that this is nothing more
>than adolescent foolishness. What did you decide to do about alerting
>the parents of the boys who were with your son?
>
I think it might be appropriate, if you haven't already apologized to
them, to have your son tell them what the boys did.
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