LPT: If you’re going to give ‘full permission’ to your child to come to you if they ever get drunk/high at a party, really mean it.

Parenting teens is not easy, especially in the times we live in. I have a pretty good relationship with my daughter, and whenever she has gone to parties where there is the risk of alcohol/drugs being available, she knows that she can call me at any time to come and pick her up if she feels threatened, or otherwise in danger. She also knows that if she’s not capable of calling/Txt me, her friends can do it for her.<br><br>This has never happened, but I wanted to make sure that she knew she always has a way out. HOWEVER. She told me a few years ago that one of her friends had called her parents to come and get her from a party she was at, as she was drunk and didn’t feel good. Her parents came and took her home, and then grounded her for a month. If someone is already scared, they won’t contact you if they know they’ll get in trouble.<br><br>Hey parents, I know that it isn’t easy, but your kids need to know they can depend on you, even if that means they’ll have to suffer the consequences of their actions. If you give them permission to contact you, as a last resort, then follow through on it.