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Originally Posted by MysticCat
If some kids in your son or daughter's high school were killed because they got into a car with a driver who'd been drinking, would you think it appropriate or inappropriate to use that event as an opportunity to talk with your own kid about drinking and driving?
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I'd let them mourn their friends. I'd let them see how upset their friends' parents and family were. That should be ample "opportunity."
Seriously, if my parents had ever said to me (because that situation did occur) "now don't drink and drive because you might end up dead like Rob did since he got in Steve's car" I probably would have smacked them across the face. They told me not to drink and drive because I could get myself or others killed. They didn't need to use another human being or his/her misfortune to do that. If parents can't convey the gravity of the situation to their kids on its own merits, they're pathetic.
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