Ok, maybe a bit extreme, but I just saw this article on FOX.  It’s extremely tragic and ends in a kid at a party drinking and then being beaten to death.

Sarasota County deputies say Max and Beverly Herrera hosted an underage house party at their home in the 4000 block of Teakwood Lane on July 29.

Gregory Kennedy, 18, died during a brawl at the house party.

Who the hell holds a party with underage drinking?  Who lets their kids go to a party like that?  This is the part that really gets me.

His son would have been a senior at Sarasota High School this year. Kennedy says he wants justice.
“We repeatedly asked Gregory, ‘are the parents going to be there? This is a birthday party, are you sure the parents are holding it?’ Yeah, you guys worry too much. He was right. He never lied to us about that kind of stuff,” Kennedy said. We just didn’t know what kind of parents. Now we know.”

As a parent, it’s not enough to know that the kids will be under adult supervision, because guess what; There are some pretty stupid adults out there.

Now, I’m not going to be naive and say kids won’t drink – it does happen.  And I’m sure you can put some of the blame on the kids, after all nobody forced them to drink.  But these parents have ruined a lot of people’s lives by allowing alcohol at an underage party.  The family of the victim is devastated, the kid is dead, and two of the kids are up on murder charges – not what I’d call a successful party.

For all you parents out there, get to know the parents of your child’s friends really, really well before letting them have any sort of supervision over your kids.  Remember that nobody needs a license to become a parent.