Bradley Hospital Parenting Guide:
Teenage Parties
Your Responsibilities as the Parent of a Guest
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- Call the host.
Before giving your teenager permission to attend a party,
make sure you, your teen and the host's parents understand
the rules. For example, do you all agree that no alcohol
will be allowed and that there will be parental supervision?
- Check the party plans beforehand.
Know where your child is going and with whom. When taking
your teenager to a party, wait to see that he or she is
inside the house. If you don't know the host parents,
introduce yourself.
- Make it easy for your teenager to leave a party.
Make sure you and your teenager have an arrangement that
allows him or her to depend on you for transportation if
there's drinking or drugs at the party. Urge your teenager
never to accept a ride with a driver who has been drinking.
You might want to have an agreement on having no punishments
or restrictions for a call that lets you know if things are
getting out of hand.
- Stay up to greet your teenager when he or she comes
home.
You'll feel better if you know your child is home safely and
you'll be showing you care if you wait up for your teenager.
Tell your child you are waiting up out of concern, not
because you don't trust him or her to get home on time or
because you are suspicious.
Your responsibilities as parent of the
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