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Our son drank at home before he was 21 - with us, at dinner. He drank in Italy and Germany too - mid-teens, with friends, at dinner. He was also booted out early on, and we were not friends but parents. Some of us BBs grew up in adulthood.

[Scoutmaster]

I apologize. The conversation's gone on so long that I've begun to truncate descriptions.

This isn't about drinking at dinner with the family, or in Italy or Germany.

Rachel Canning clearly has a problem with alcohol. She was suspended for showing up drunk to her senior problem. She sneaks out of the house at night to go drinking.

Rachel's parents now say John Inglesino allowed her to drink so much in his home that she threw up in a garbage can.

I mentioned that her father has also been accused of promoting Rachel's problem, allegedly waking her up at 3:00 a.m. to play beer pong with him, and allegedly taking her with him to cocktail parties.

None of this sounds like simple drinking at home or with friends at dinner.

[Scoutmaster]

I apologize. The conversation's gone on so long that I've begun to truncate descriptions.

This isn't about drinking at dinner with the family, or in Italy or Germany.

Rachel Canning clearly has a problem with alcohol. She was suspended for showing up drunk to her senior problem. She sneaks out of the house at night to go drinking.

Rachel's parents now say John Inglesino allowed her to drink so much in his home that she threw up in a garbage can.

I mentioned that her father has also been accused of promoting Rachel's problem, allegedly waking her up at 3:00 a.m. to play beer pong with him, and allegedly taking her with him to cocktail parties.

None of this sounds like simple drinking at home or with friends at dinner.