[rolling_stone]

Try reading the article next time and not skimming through it. It said they bought it illegally and snuck it into the party. Should the parents have sniffed the breath of every kid at the cookout? What should the parents have done differantly?

Actually it doesn't say they snuck it into the party but consumed it before and after the party(IMO probably in their car)

[Xenophobic Alien]

Stephen Bromstrup, 16, allegedly downed several beers that he sneaked into a June 17, 2002, pool party that Barbara and John O'Brien threw for their 14-year-old daughter.

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