<p>Parents let me tell you something so you can understand a little better. I am a freshmen at USC and I have two older brothers, an older sister, and a twin sister. In high school I was the kid who was basically friends with everybody, not saying this to brag, but rather to give meaning to my point. My twin sister was staunch about not touching alcohol and not doing things that would compromise her, and my parents helped facilitate that. In college now, well it’s a different story but she’s back to normal. My older sister was the same way, then college came and her freshmen year was crazy to say the least, but she got back on track and now just finished up her masters in journalism. My oldest brother was a social guy in high school and because of that got into the drinking scene and is in no means an alcoholic but he still drinks, he’s 26 now. My other older brother only really drank after college, but had encounters with it all along the way. I had friends in high school who’s parents were not so tight fisted with them in terms of having a social life and allowed their children some freedom and trusted them enough to certain degrees to make wise decisions, and it is those kids who alot of the time have fared better in college. Your children will be introduced to alcohol at some point if not now. Being over protective mom or over protective dad towards a teenager, you know what that enables us as teenagers to do. It means whenever we get that bit of freedom, which we will at some point, we’re liable to misuse it. Granted some people dont. Parents, blocking your kids from everything is never the answer. Communication and trust and developing relationships built on trust will go a lot further than “NO, NO, NO” will. I know this because I went through my rebellious age. I know this because I’ve been friends with Larry Loner, Jack the Jock, Theo the theater kid, Chrissy the Cheerleader, Brooke the book nerd, and Ronald Regular. And for us teenagers its all the same</p>