Girls' Safety at Summer Programs?

tutumom2001
Wed, 18 Apr 2018 20:58:10 +0000

I wouldn’t worry about her safety at a supervised summer program. According to my 16YO, most drinking is done during parties where the alcohol is provided by lenient parents or when kids raid the alcohol cabinet/wine cellars when parents aren’t home. And, the nerds are just as likely to drink as the popular kids and are MORE likely to do drugs. She also said that even when alcohol is around, no one really pressures kids to drink. If your kid is drinking, it’s something they want to do.

Something else that she said that you might want to know: The kids who are the worst offenders are the kids with the most overprotective parents. They’re the ones out experimenting with everything. So, relax and trust your instincts that you raised her well. If she’s not smoking, drinking, doing drugs, or having sex now, she’s not going to have a problem with smoking, drinking, drugs, or sex during a summer HS program.

College, IMO, is a different animal.