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Originally Posted by sageofages
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.
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*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.