Thank you!!!

The parents owned the car and reserved the rights to do what they wanted. As Nikki1920 said he should have at least been smart enough to clean the car out.

Should raise her ratings as DJ too.

Wonder if Mom and Dad ever drank underage?

Funny, now there is a double standard. When a teen goes to collge, they are supposed to be a semi adult, but now, this does not seem to be the case.

I know, there is the law and I am sure there will be some who will remend me of that fact.

But if any of you are old enough, the Federal Government decreed that States would lose Federal highway monies if States did not lower the speed rate and increase the legal drinking age!

Amazing, simply amazing.:p

Nowhere in the article does it actually say that he drank. The bottle could have belonged to a friend of his. Also, how much alcohol (if any) was missing from the bottle? There is a big difference between having a sealed bottle in your car and having a handle of vodka with only enough left for a shot in it. It sounds to me like poor helicopter mommy regretted buying her baby a car and was looking for an excuse to get rid of it.

this lady is a pompous bitch that wants nothing more than attention from people in her community and a pat on the back. the fact that she is publicizing an issue that is simply a family one proves this.

the next time one of yall punish your children please, oh please advertise it in a newspaper or post it on here so we can all read it and commend you on what a great parent you are.

Who knows why she made a bit of a show of her actions, but I applaud them.

I can think of at least 5 people I knew in high school who might be alive today if their parents were as wise as this Mom.

That was the rule I had growing up too. I never had a curfew or anything. The ONE rule was no drinking and driving.

One more reason her actions were appropriate beyond the fact she paid for the car and set the rule- if her son were to injure or kill someone while driving drunk, Mom and Dad become potentially legally liable since the kid is still on their insurance and driving a car they paid for. A Texas grandmother learned this the hard way a few years ago when her grandson killed someone in a car she had bought for him.

I have to agree with this. The punishment is the appropriate one, but airing your family's dirty laundry in public is just plain tacky. Does she really think she's going to prevent any teenagers from drinking or drinking & driving with her actions?

No, but she might prompt other parents to take a stronger stand. Too many parents are afraid of being the only strict one among their children's circle of friends.

But will that actually stop anything? I doubt it, it'll just teach the kids to not be so stupid as to leave booze in the car.

Seriously, I'm sure ads like this one run in everyone's local paper more than we think. With mom being a DJ I'm not surprised she mentioned it on air and hence the hoopla and "feedback".

I'm not mad at her for taking his car nor for selling it - she paid for it. Her son should buy his own car and then he won't have this problem (mom snooping in it or taking it away). I mean really - I wish my 'rent had given me a car with only those two SIMPLE rules (no booze IN THE CAR and keep it locked).

Mom is definitely not "helicopter" - just an attention whore.

What bothered me about this is in another article I saw about this she specificially says that she completely believed her son when he said that the alcohol wasn't his. Now either you believe him or you don't, and you shouldn't tell your kid you trust them if you don't. And if she really did believe the alcohol wasn't his, wouldn't that mean that he was driving someone who was drinking instead of letting them drive themselves?

I just had a sick thought: Rather than alcohol, what if it was Astroglide or KY Jelly?

I think there is a lot of variables that could sway this story. I'll tell you a small one of my own, For graduation my parents bought me a brand new car, and like most others the rule was no alcohol near the car. Well the day after i celebrated my 19th birthday, I was pulled over for a noise violation and the cops searched my car and found a half empty bottle of vodka left over from the birthday celebration. After passing the field sobriety test I was given a pretty hefty ticket, I got one for noise violation, misdemeanors for possession under 21 and open containers. Seeing as how I was working at the time, I paid the $256 ticket and told my parents what happened and that I had taken care of. So I can honestly say, that I believe the mother selling the car was a little bit extreme, but I certainly learned my lesson.

I think more parents here can relate to the mom. I got a phone call about midnight one evening...

"Sageofages, this is Office 'Smith' of the Iowa State Police. I have your sageofages daughter #2 pulled over on Hwy 92 near the County Fairgrounds. Can you please come here. She appears to have been drinking and I need you to get the car, while I take her to the station."

"Did she hurt anyone? I will be there as quickly as safely possible"

I arrive. Daughter #2 is sitting in the backseat of the cruiser.

"Ma'am. Definitely she has been drinking. She admitted to "a beer". Since she is underage, I am going to take her to the station to administer a breathalyzer."

Sageofages daughter #2 was 17. She blew a .07. Under zero tolerance, Iowa suspended her license until she completed a mandatory alcohol class and paid a $400 fine. Under Sageofages ZERO tolerance, she didn't drive our vehicles again while she lived in our house. After she married, had her son and was in college, did we give her a car to use. She learned her lesson.

No I didn't take an ad out in the paper, but I sure as heck wanted to. Being a parent it a friggin' tough job at times like that, getting a "good job" from others who understand the road travled would be nice, especially when the child is raggin' on you like you are the worst thing ever.

*applause* Good for you!

Regarding the original story, the mother is a DJ. They look for stupid stuff to get ratings, callers, etc. on. The local station that I listen too has the AM DJs talking about their families all of the time. One is about to do a 'contest' with his wife because he said they always argue about who is the better job. I don't think you become a radio DJ without wanting some attention from some where.

I say so what if it was his friend's and not his, so what if he was doing a good deed taking his drunk friend home, so what if he was picking up litter on the side of the road and found it. His parents said no alcohol. He broke the rule. He probably thought they did not mean it. Now he knows. I hope they have had multiple coversations with him about the dangers of alcohol, etc, but like my mother used to say, sometime I can show you better than I can tell you.

Why did I just see a quick clip of this on ABC news? I recognized it because I read it here earlier today.