re: Freshmen in high school having drinking parties

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I was 14 as a freshman. You could get your driver's license at 15 back then. We had many friends with their license and their own cars at 15.

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Yep. It was different growing up in the 70s. Laws were different and laxed attitudes towards drinking were the norm. My Dad bought me my first beer at a church fair at 15. One night I was trying to beat curfew and got pulled over about a mile from home for speeding. He asked me if I was drinking and I said yes. Asked me a few more questions then said get in the car and he followed me home and talked to my parents. I was 16. Not saying it was right, just a different time.

I didn't let my kids do all the things I did. We evolve as a society. Some for the better, some not. You have to be nuts to have drinking parties for minors in today's world.