Even parents of rebellious baby boomers in the '60s didn't have to worry about their teens getting AIDS or communing with unsavory characters online. Parents were realizing they don't know who their kids' friends are, or what the climate of their school was like. The parents of the two Columbine killers, and parents of other young assailants, have been targets of lawsuits and nationwide second-guessing. The group's Web site also advises parents to preview their teens' video rentals and music purchases. As far as being more restrictive of her activity, no I have not.
Parents can aid their teenagers in the process of risk assessment.
We can make their lives safer. Drugs are a dominant concern. You want your children to be savvy and aware and interested, and yet there are criminals on the Internet, and they come right into your home. If an adolescent doesn't have the counterbalance of a wonderful family, then you have the potential for another volcano to burst. We can try to profile the troubled students all we want, but it's the other kids in the school who know who the problem kids are.