The confession of a teenager

Several weeks ago, Mclean's bravely discussed the topic many parents and teenagers tend to avoid, Should parents provide supervision when their children and friends are consuming alcohol underage? The arguments winged both sides. One idea was that with parents providing supervision when their underage-child is consuming alcoholic beverages with their friends would penetrate the idea of drinking safely. Children would be customed to the concept of consuming with retraint. The argument for this claim is that, children abuse their priviledge of underage-drinking and become more "wild" with the consumption of alcochol.

In my point of view, this discussion can be resembled to the parental restriction of when their child should arrive at the doorstep. Which is more commonly called, curfew. The purpose of having curfew is to one, show the child the appropriate time to be home, and two, to display the parent's priviledges of restraining their child. Benefit? No, not in the eyes of a teenager. Yes, in the eyes of the one with the power.

So in conclusion, supervising your child while underage-drinking is just like timing when your child arrives at the doorstep by seconds. As abusrd as it may sound, I think that both are pretty beneficial for a minor's up-bring.