16 year olds party on

[Aliantha]

Originally Posted by skysidhe

Just wondering what I would concider abnormal unruly for a teen? wet shirt contest? group sex? probably.

Pushing and shoving. Yelling obscenities from half a block away. Very drunk young ladies being escorted by groups of equally drunk young men. Boys walking around waving empty bottles in a threatening manner. Leaning on cars parked on the street or in driveways (ours included). Vomitting in the street etc etc etc.

Those were the things I considered to be of the most concern. Other than that it was just a party with the usual loud music and people having fun. As with most things, not all aspects of the party were bad, but some were and they needed some guidance.

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

As with most things, not all aspects of the party were bad, but some were and they needed some guidance.

sounds like it !


I don't know how such things are handled there but these days with the zero tolerance laws in my state makes it very expensive for minors and their parents to get the law involved.

I wish it were as sensible as 'guidance' when the law is involved but it really seems like a police state...esp when minors are involved at least it is here anyway.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by skysidhe

I don't know how such things are handled there but these days with the zero tolerance laws in my state makes it very expensive for minors and their parents to get the law involved.

I wish it were as sensible as 'guidance' when the law is involved but it really seems like a police state...esp when minors are involved at least it is here anyway.

Yes. Around here, anyone that was at a party where the authorities are convinced there was booze or drugs, would be barred from all extra curricular activities at school, with no proof they had anything to do with either. Draconian is putting it mildly.

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Yes. Around here, anyone that was at a party where the authorities are convinced there was booze or drugs, would be barred from all extra curricular activities at school, with no proof they had anything to do with either. Draconian is putting it mildly.

Well I think it's just the times we live in with these knee jerk reactions to normal human growing up pains?

When I was a teenager someone could take a punch in the nose without getting handcuffed. Someone could be upset without the need for a 'special' something and a place to talk about it. Someone who broke the law got their parents called. People shouldn't be so quick to 'get involved' and make laws about things that a parent should be getting involved in.

I wonder where were all the parents of those kids? It just takes one parent to show up for the party to end. Grown ups and parents should be the authority and not the police.

If the party was bothering me I would have walked over and asked whoever was in charge to get it under control please. Warn them that some of the neighbors could call the police and again warn them that they need to take care of the really drunk people. That's the way it was or should be...

in my opinion which I know dosn't mean very much.

....oh yeah and I know that in a really rough party my voice would be drowned out by the very loud music or my shoe might get barfed on.:p