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As a parent of a high school junior or senior, your child may soon be experiencing two of the most anticipated and rewarding events in his or her life: prom and graduation. However, what happens after these events can open the door to problems. Many teens don't stop celebrating when the prom is over and graduation ends; they attend parties.
Most of you are aware that underage drinking often occurs at and after prom and graduation. You'd like your child to have a good time and celebrate, but you also want them to be safe. As parents, you also need to be aware of the legal penalties for breaking underage drinking laws. The use of alcohol compromises your child's safety and subjects them and you to legal consequences.
Some parents provide alcohol to minors at parties or fail to see the truth that alcohol use occurs. If you're a parent who is thinking about providing or allowing alcohol at a party in your home (or elsewhere) you need to know the laws. Parents may be held responsible if someone, as a result of alcohol use:
Gets into a fight and hurts someone.
Falls and hurts themselves or someone else.
Sexually assaults someone.
Damages property.
Dies from drinking too much.
Injures or kills someone while driving after leaving the party.
What can parents do? The BHS PTSA is offering parents of BHS students the opportunity to take a stand against underage drinking by signing our Parent Pledge. Parents who sign the pledge agree to provide safe homes for BHS students as outlined in the pledge. BHS faculty and staff are invited to sign a BHS Faculty Pledge supporting a safe community for our youth. Students will have the opportunity to sign a Prom Promise prior to the prom this spring. It is our hope that, working together, we can make our community safe for our young people. Please join us and sign the pledge!
Copies of the pledge are available in the main office of Blacksburg High School, or you may download one from this website by clicking on the link here.
(Information in this article is taken from the VA ABC publication, Virginia Alcohol Laws & parental responsibility)