Well, they were doing the very same thing (if not more so) decades ago when I was in high school. Somehow the Republic has survived. Let's keep things in perspective around here...
-ccm
The republic may survive, but many of the teens will not.
Innocence once lost can never be regained, and when teens and alcohol are involved, innocence quickly goes down the tubes.
What about the teens who can't handle the booze? What about the girls that get pregnant because they lose their inhibitions from drinking and drugs? What about the ones who leave the party and are killed in a car wreck because they are driving fast and drunk?
I don't care who has done it before or is doing it now, giving booze to teens and having teen booze and drug parties is a dreadful practice that is sure and certain to have destructive effects.
The article seems to me to say that a large number of the parents have simply given up on being responsible parents and teaching their children right and wrong.