<p>Ok I’m going to sound like an idiot and let me say first off that I have let D#1 and D# 2 go to beach week but here goes:
Here is why NOT to let your kid go to beach week:
- When they get arrested or even a citation that requires a court appearance, it may be for several months later which will require a trip to O.C. (or wherever) from college, probably on a weekday, possibly involving a plane trip depending on where they go to college. Examples of what would necessitate a very inconvenient court appearance, maybe during their freshman midterms when they go to school 600 miles away: public intoxication, public urination, underaged drinking, DWI, etc.<br>
- I know secondhand but very reliably that there is a lot of drinking and other illegal activity, unprotected sex, sex with other teens they just met, and DRAMA that makes for tears, anger and accusations. Ok not all kids but so many kids from our suburban h.s.
- The O.C. Maryland police are primed to keep kids safe, but that also means confronting illegal behavior. </p>
<p>D# 1 got thru relatively unscathed, D#2 survived but a group of boys from her school (all of them college bound, some to Ivies, all were club/team/class presidents) were beaten up by a group of drunken boys from another h.s. requiring a trip to the ER and stitches, and 3 am calls to parents, and no charges pressed because the boys could not be positively identified.</p>
<p>Will we let D#3 go? Not sure, but not real happy about the thought.</p>