Tell Us: Blame Parents for Teen Drinking?

Moms Talk is a Patch forum in which we ask members of Patch communities across the Lehigh Valley to weigh in on an issue that affects parents, children of all ages, and, quite frankly, people in general. You don’t have to be a Mom, or even a parent, to have an opinion on our Moms Talk topic of the week. And, we, in fact, encourage people of all genders, ages and life situations to share their thoughts on our weekly Moms Talk question in the comments section below so that our “discussion” can become as broad and, hopefully, as useful as possible.

In this week’s Moms Talk, we’re exploring Teen Alcohol Abuse:

Underage drinking and who’s to blame became a hot topic in the Lehigh Valley this week, when the principal of Freedom High School in Bethlehem wrote a letter to parents in his school’s PTO newsletter, imploring them to stop buying alcohol for Freedom students and to stop providing the kids party locations where they can drink booze. He said that he needed to reach out to parents on this issue before a horrible tragedy strikes.

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