Do you welcome telephone calls at your home verifying supervision of gatherings at your own home?

Instead of looking at a phone call from another parent as questioning your parenting; realize that you have most likely found another parent who thinks like you do. A parent who calls you will probably welcome calls from you.

• Invite other parents into your home.
• Don’t be defensive, you have just found an ally!
• Be honest with other parents about the number of teens in your home and who is supervising them.
• Be clear about start and end times of gatherings in your home.
• If it is a large gathering, enlist the help of other parents.
• Do not allow your child’s friends to bring in backpacks (which may hide alcohol), or their own water bottles (which may hold vodka.)