CNN.com: Teen drinking leads to crackdown on 'cool' parents

[BigMike619]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/12/...ing/index.html

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Shortly after midnight on January 24, a 16-year old boy from Powder Springs, Georgia, crashed his car into an oncoming vehicle. Garrett Reed, a star football player at Harrison High School, died instantly. Police believe he had been drinking.
According to police, the investigation revealed that a classmate's mother served alcohol to Reed. Police charged 43-year-old Kecia Evangela Whitfield with furnishing alcohol to a minor and reckless conduct, both misdemeanors.
Whitfield was released on a $10,000 bond and awaits a court date in April. Records on file with the Cobb County solicitor general's office indictate she has not yet entered a plea or obtained a lawyer. She did not return CNN's phone calls.
If convicted, she could receive up to a year in jail and fines totaling thousands of dollars.
Toxicology reports for Reed will be released in six weeks, officials said. His death stunned the small community of Powder Springs and sounded an alarm for parents.
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1 year in jail? thats it? thats horrible...she should face much more then that.

[MattFancy]

i was listening to elliot in the morning the other day and they were talking about parent supplying alcohol for teens. there was one caller that said her husband had bought mike's hard lemonade one night for their 16 yr old niece to try one time at their house. the next day the niece called child services and told them that her uncle had bought her alcohol. he spent 8 months in jail for it.

[endzone_dave]

i was listening to elliot in the morning the other day and they were talking about parent supplying alcohol for teens. there was one caller that said her husband had bought mike's hard lemonade one night for their 16 yr old niece to try one time at their house. the next day the niece called child services and told them that her uncle had bought her alcohol. he spent 8 months in jail for it.

Wow, what a vindictive little *****.

[dcoles11]

i was listening to elliot in the morning the other day and they were talking about parent supplying alcohol for teens. there was one caller that said her husband had bought mike's hard lemonade one night for their 16 yr old niece to try one time at their house. the next day the niece called child services and told them that her uncle had bought her alcohol. he spent 8 months in jail for it.

there has got to be more to that story. why in the world would the niece call child services?

[twa]

there has got to be more to that story. why in the world would the niece call child services?

Maybe there was a reason he wanted her drunk?
Or maybe she didn't like the hangover

The bar one was funny ljsheeley ols

[MattFancy]

there has got to be more to that story. why in the world would the niece call child services?

apparently she wasn't happy living there and wanted a way out and one of her friends said thats what she should do. pretty messed up imo.

[renaissance]

My parents never let me drink anything more than a glass of champagne on New Year's. Hell, when I was growing up they barely drank anything themselves. Even on my brother's 21st b-day they hesitated to serve alcohol, lol.

Now that we're all of age, they drink fairly regularly

[BigMike619]

my mom would whoop my ass when she found out i drank.

there is NO way she would have let me or my friends drink.

[GoSkins561]

In a controlled environment, I have no problems with my kids drinking once they turn 16.

I figure they will drink either way, so why not take away their keys and create a fun, SAFE, environment to drink alcohol and keep them off the roads.

[BurntToast]

In a controlled environment, I have no problems with my kids drinking once they turn 16.

I figure they will drink either way, so why not take away their keys and create a fun, SAFE, environment to drink alcohol and keep them off the roads.

My parents where the same way and it worked out great. They rather have my friends over and drink rather than in some dark park.

[PleaseBlitz]

My parents where the same way and it worked out great. They rather have my friends over and drink rather than in some dark park.

Once we were in college, my parents were fine with it. But they collected everyone's keys.

[GoSkins561]

My parents where the same way and it worked out great. They rather have my friends over and drink rather than in some dark park.

My wifes parents were the "cool" type of parents, and would supply a place to party and the alcohol as long as the kids gave up their keys and stayed the night.

My parents were strict, I wanted to drink and go to parties when kids parents were out of town so what did we do. We shoulder tappedan got as much cheap alcohhol as possible and drove to the party. We then drank all of the alcohol and drove to the next place.

After hearing my wifes party stories and compared them to mine they were pretty much the same minus the drunk driving. The woman in this story is stupid for not taking away the teens keys.

[Larry]

The woman in this story is stupid for not taking away the teens keys.

Serving alcohol to minors without telling the minor's parents that you're going to do it, IMO, is also a no-no.

[GoSkins561]

Serving alcohol to minors without telling the minor's parents that you're going to do it, IMO, is also a no-no.

I agree with this and would have to know more about the kid and his parents before making the suggestion. I know my closest of freinds will not have a problem with it, the kids he mets in school might be a different story.

[NawtyMagazine]

Serving alcohol to minors without telling the minor's parents that you're going to do it, IMO, is also a no-no.

but what if there 18, there not minors but is it just concidered underage drinking?