Her teen friends said the (then 15 year old) “drank no more than other teens.”
wow...just wow
Teens have been drinking since the invention of alcohol.
Quite frankly, I find the alcohol laws in this country totally bizarre.
I’m second generation immanent, Italian. My grandfathers, both, when we turned 12, started giving us watered down wine at dinner. A rational approach. Not much, but enough that by the end of the summer, it wasn’t a big deal.
This continued once we got home. Mom & dad, rightfully to me, felt is was MUCH better to learn how to drink responsibly at home BEFORE sending us out in to the wild.
Did I get drunk on occasion... Yes. Did I make it a habit, NO! I was usually the designated driver once my friends got to be 15 - 16 and they started binge drinking.
Get some sanity folks. Teach your kids how to drink, if your beliefs allow it, or quit whining when they come home smashed!