Principal Blames Parents for Teen Alcohol Use
Freedom High School's principal implores parents to stop supplying alcohol and drinking party space to teens before tragedy strikes.
The principal of Freedom High School believes that alcohol abuse among students at Freedom and Liberty High School is so rampant that it is only a matter of time before one of them dies in an alcohol-related tragedy. Moreover, Michael LaPorta, in an article published in this month’s Freedom Patriot – the official Parent Teacher Organization newsletter -- lays blame for some of this alcohol abuse at the feet of parents who, he wrote, are too often the source of the alcohol and the provider of the party space where the drinking is being done. What do you think? Is Principal LaPorta right? Is alcohol abuse rampant among high school teenagers and are parents often to blame? Tell us in the comments. LaPorta cited several examples – spread out…
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John
7:08 am on Monday, February 25, 2013
C'mon Sharon, putting beer in Wegman's is not the cause of teen drinking. Responsibility, knowing your children's friends and whereabouts is a whole lot more important than beer in Wegmans. Don't be shocked to find the parents of your kids friends already supplying the beer, or at the very least "keeping them drinking at home". That may be ok for the host's kids, but most kids drive home … more ›