Yeah.
She should be focusing on the prom, school, etc.
Nope.
No, we have been taken down the rabbit hole, without Alice or any other nicety.
Kids emulate what they see and wish to be or what they think is “cool”.
This was parental multifail.
If it were a videogame, there would be a game over screen and a voiceover announcing “epic fail”.
It looks like an individual dive in this situation if only because the expense of a party like that PLUS the liquor would be staggering. Not within a commoner’s discretionary budget.
The answer is God, notice I didn’t even say church... I know firsthand that churches can fail!