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[disnut8]

This is causing a stir down here today.  A mom threw a keg party for her son's 18th birthday party.  Fifteen underage people were there.  The mom took all the car keys and all fifteen kids had to stay for a sleep over.  She justified this by saying the kids would have drank anyway and this way she could control their behavior after.

She was jailed on fifteen counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

If she had obtained written permission from all fifteen parents, she would have been in complete accordance with Georgia law.  Seems in this state, you can give your underage child permission to drink and that's OK.

Thoughts?

[Supermercado]

You can give your underage child permission to drink and that's legal? Even if it's not in your house? I always thought that what you do inside your house is your business and if you wanted to allow your child to drink, that was okay. But it's just a matter of "Son, go drink beer" and that's it?

I do kind of see her logic, though. A lot of kids that age do drink and she was at least responsible enough to take the car keys and make them stay the night. I'll give her credit for that.

[disnut8]

Evidentually, yes, in Georgia you can give your underage child permission to drink.  Even if it's not at your own house.  As long as the parent knows what the child is doing, it's fine and legal.

Now, you can't loudly exclaim "oh boy" in Jonesboro, GA but you can allow your underage child to drink.

[Vengeance]

Considering that this mom had the good sense to take their keys and stuff, she should have had the good sense to find out what she had to do to not get in trouble with the law.

And who called the cops on her? If it was one of the parents I can understand it. I'd be extremely pissed if I talked to a parent that wanted Marlie to come over for a sleepover and then find out that she got trashed. No way. The bitch would be in jail.

[elmono311]

What an awesome mom

[LostArtofRolando]

my mom never threw me a kegger

[Supermercado]

My mom doesn't even drink (well, hardly, anyway).

[disnut8]

What an awesome mom

I think you have a pretty awesome one yourself.   

[coffeecup]

What an awesome mom

she learned from an awesome mom

[disnut8]

Follow up to the story.  The police found out about this kegger when they noticed an unusual amount of cars parked outside the house that late at night.  When they went to ask the woman what was going on, she "berated" them and appeared to be intoxicated.

That changes things a bit.  If you are going to have a kegger for your kid, don't get yourself drunk.

Now the issue is that she might not be charged with anything for any of the kids that were 18 years or over.  And most if not all (including her son now) were.  I guess technically, if you are 18 years old, you are not considered a minor.  You can't drink, but you can vote, get drafted, and smoke.

[Supermercado]

I guess technically, if you are 18 years old, you are not considered a minor.  You can't drink, but you can vote, get drafted, and smoke.

I don't agree with that at all. If someone is old enough to sign up to join the military or get drafted, whichever, they should be allowed to drink. They're doing their country a service by being in the military. What's the harm in letting them have a few beers? I don't think that maturity level is that big of a factor. How much can a kid really mature between age 18 and age 21? I don't recall very much maturation at all in myself.

About the story, though, if all those kids were not considered minors, she's probably off the hook for providing alcohol to a minor (although if the drinking age is 21, a person should be considered a minor until they're 21 if alcohol is related). Does that mean that all those kids are going to get busted instead? That's not totally fair, in my opinion. There should be blame on both sides here. She provided them with a place to drink and beer to drink; no one forced them to drink the beer. Peer pressure my ass. All you gotta do is say no.

[RichN]

They didn't want to say no.  I remember in my AF days being in states where the drinking age was 21.  Bars on base (enlisted & officer) were posted at 18 for legal drinking.  I think that changed over time, but I remember it being that way.  I was always a year ahead of the change from 18 to 21, so it never affected me.

[Vengeance]

she learned from an awesome mom

That's true, but he wasn't talking about me. He would rather have me throw a kegger for Marlie. So I'm the lame ass mom, not the awesome mom. Stupid husband....  *grumble*

 

[elmono311]

I've heard stories that on bases, people in the military can drink if they're under 21

[Catfish]

Anywhere near the base would be more appropriate... Often times, a military ID is sufficient ID for anything, age not required

[coffeecup]

That's true, but he wasn't talking about me. He would rather have me throw a kegger for Marlie. So I'm the lame ass mom, not the awesome mom. Stupid husband....? *grumble*

 

my mistake

[RichN]

When I was in ROTC in college up in PA, we'd go to the bar in uniform because they would serve us.  We were underage, but that didn't matter.  Those people really loved the military, even way back then.

[LostArtofRolando]

its sad the way things change. 1/2 the people IN the military don't appreciate or like the military anymore. 

"WHat? There's a war?  I signed up for free college, i dont remember anything about dying for my country in there!"

And thats why i have waited until finishing my degree on my own merit (scholarships haha) before pursuing the military.  Hopefully they take me.