Yes, ottawa. I don't know if the kids go to Hull these days!

The strip used to be raging but when they extended bar hours to 2am in ottawa, hull petered out.

Your younger son will most likely witness this social experiment as well.

Alcohol kills more people than guns each year.

Canada New Year's Eve, no guns Pud.

No. I would not allow it. I also would not allow my son to go to a party if I knew drinking was involved.

I also did not drop my kid off to stay the night with a girl.

Parenting teens is a blast. I am lucky that my oldest is a steadfast rule follower and keeper of the justice.

My 2nd kid is a rule breaker and a crosser of lines, just like her mommy was. I see trouble on the horizon. I do not plan to be cool with her and turn a blind eye. My mom prides herself on watching me spiral out of control and doing nothing but watch and wait.

Exactly. Alcohol kills x100000 % more people than guns in Canada!

IME, Mexicans are the ones who associate NYE with the random firing of guns into the air.

I would not allow my underage child to host a party involving alcohol. No way.

Now, my 18 year old went and had a party while I was gone for the night, and her dad busted her.

Hell no and I am not a prude. My oldest is 17 and there is no way I would turn a blind eye to alcohol being served to minors in my house.

Last May she went to a graduation party and there was alcohol there and it was being offered to those that were not driving. Thank god my kid had enough sense to not partake in that. I still can't believe it. I get that you want home base to be somewhere that you know will be safe but still no.

Maybe not to the bars, but picking up a 2-4 at the grocery store is easier and cheaper than The Beer Store.

My oldest is almost 17 and all of their friends know that no alcohol/weed/pills are allowed at our house. Sorry. Not not happening

I also get the desire to have your house be a place that kids want to go.

My high school friends really liked coming over to my house, even though my parents did not allow drinking, smoking, or drug use on the premises and these were things that many of my friends did. They liked that my parents kept a well-stocked cabinet and did not fuss over teenagers eating all their food. And they liked that my parents did not plop down and try to hang out with us.

I think you should try the food thing. There are absolutely no rules against hosting a party where food is on offer to 17-year-olds.

If they are teenagers and you Offer free food and sparkling cider you'll end up with a house full of kids bonus points if includes pizza and lots of snacks and chocolate Plus video games and movies. That's what I usually do sometimes with a bonfire outside in the fire pit and it works out perfect Plus legal fireworks

Maby he is asking for your house to be "homebase: knowing you will not let any drinking. Then the pressure to drink is taken away. do as silly said offer food & other things & be clear there is to be no booze.

my 16 year old and drinking... letting her go to a party is acceptable to me knowing she might decide to have a drink. she knows i prefer that she doesn't drink but i am realistic. she knows that she is not to drive if she drinks and she has a few different adults she can call if she does drink. she has been invited to a senior's nye party and we have had the drinking discussion. she just wants to be a designated driver but unfortunately, she can't drive friends around until may.

allowing other people's kids to drink at my house is never going to happen. i remember a mom of a friend buying us liquor in high school and it was so wrong and trashy and pathetic. loved it at the time though!

I would say no. I don't have a problem if a parent supplies their own kid with a drink or two at 17 or so because I think that promotes responsible drinking.

But I wouldn't be the home base for a party with booze. Tell them they can come over, but no booze. Supply pizzas and pop and a basement. It worked for my kids.

You are fucking insane if you allow under age drinking in your home. There was a case here where the parents hosted a grad party at their lake house and a girl was raped. The girl and her family sued the parents and settled for a huge chunk. Not to mention got forbid someone gets in a car and drives or goes for a walk and gets hit by a car or or or. Crazy talk to facilitate an underage drinking party.


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I too would not only not allow drinking in the house if I hosted the party but like todolist would not allow my 17-year-old daughter to go to a party where I knew she would be drinking. So unless my dd agreed to have an alcohol-free party at our house, I guess she'd be staying home NYE. (Which is what she's doing, we're hosting an alcohol-free party at our house, which we've done for the past 3 years).

The liability issues are huge and I would not want to take any chances.

My bold, but yes, My sons friends all still come over here and hang out all the time. One of his friends is always happy to have bacon available. (his dad is/was very very health conscious) But mainly they eat and play video games and I read in my room.

I'm pretty much spinning my wheels here. I thought I'd be a great parent of a wayward teenager, having been one myself. It was easier to say (before this behaviour started) that "teenagers will be teenagers: what can you do". Now I'm having a hard time feeling very live and let live.

He had some friends over last night. We recently renovated his room so it's very chill-friendly.

I know he smokes pot occasionally. I figured they would be hanging in his room, watching movies and maybe sneak out to smoke pot. Not sneak TEQUILA in his room. Wtf.

I explored the idea here but have never ever given him any indication that I'm ok with him and his friends partying in his room!!?

I am not enjoying this age. I confiscated the booze and we had a long discussion after his friends parents were made to come get them last night.

I feel like I need to give my mom a hug.