<p>My son has given me grey hair but he is not a bad kid. He has done his share of drinking and pot smoking but it was not an all consuming thing. He had high school friends who is wasn’t fun if drinking wasn’t involved. He wasn’t one of those. While I talked till I was blue in the face about why I was against things he is strong willed. The escaping at night was more due to the fact that he had to beat the system more then a desire to go out and party. He is impulsive more then defiant. He has never come across a wall he didn’t think it was a good idea to jump off of or scale over.
Hoping that with maturity comes some caution.
Even now that he is in college I would NOT leave him overnight alone in my house. I doubt he would have a big party but whether it is 4 kids or 100 I don’t want them drinking in my house. In my son’s case he would be more likely to have a female stay which I also don’t allow in my house.</p>