Reply #198: Just more laws to try to do what parents don't seem to be doing anymore [View All]

[SoCalDem]

It always amazes me how the same people who want "government OUT" of people's lives, are so ready to insert themselves into the personal parts of everyone's lives...

what you smoke
what you eat
what you drink
who you love
online predation
etc

The dating/drinking/sex/ parts of people's lives are PERSONAL-FAMILY issues that parents need to focus on. It IS pretty apparent that more and more parents don't seem to be managing very well, but to create more laws, seems to be the wrong approach.

I don't think there are many teens out there who don't already know that drinking can "allow" people to do things they would not do when sober.. That's the REASON lots of kids drink.. They have a ready excuse for doinjg dumb things that every teenager does.

I would also guess that there are MILLIONS of people who are "here" because Mom got a bit tipsy and got careless.. (I suspect that one of our sons got here that way.:)..)

When charges get filed, each case should stand on its own, and the circumstances..all of them, should be taken individually...