"I'm a cool, fun mom! Please like me."

Unless she was providing the alcohol I'm not sure why this is news.

Plus the 21 year age requirement seems archaic and pointless.

Oh man, it’s a bummer they didn’t write an article about any of the times me or my friends threw a party at our parent’s houses growing up. It’d be a fun to have the newspaper clippings to show the grandkids, you know?

Things alcoholics say.

Its “D”ifferent.

Just the good ol news implying things through dramatic titles to gain attention. That’s a shitty thing to do.

Because a lot of the details are being hidden. This woman full well knew what was going on at her house and there were over a hundred kids there.

Source: friends kid was there and asked for a ride, when friend picked kid up there were so many cars and drunk kids in the road he couldn’t even get near the house. Two drunk kids had their cars in the ditch and were trying to get pulled out without calling tow trucks. And rumor has it mama Chea knew exactly what was going down at her home. This is news because this woman’s child and their friends should be held equally accountable as every other underage drinker. I’ve seen far too many privileged kids get huge things like this ignored.

It does, but allowing a hundred kids under 18 binge drink at your home is not the best solution now is it?

These entitled people think the rules only apply to the little people!

This is most definitely not an issue confined to democrats

My husband and I went for one overnight in the 1990s and the kids had a party while we were gone. We would never have known if it wasn't for the broken screen door.

Didn't one of Scott's people get busted foe DUI in the past few weeks also?

Love your use of "rumour" when citing your source.

It’s actually backed by studies which show the male brain is still not developed at 18 (thus the criminal charging status for 18 to 21 year olds) as well as studies which show the longer someone waits to drink the less likely they are to become dependent. If the topic is of interest I encourage you to google it. Just preventing that first sip until after like 17 statistically reduces the chance of alcoholism by double digits.

Where does it say they were UNDER 18? Where does it say she allowed it?

We went away for the weekend to Montreal when our kids were 18 and 20. Came home and the house was clean, nothing broken. We congratulated ourselves that they hadn’t held a party. Later that day, I walked by a back seldom used bathroom. There was a post it note on it that said ‘Girl’s Room’.

They absolutely had a party…..

We found a post it note on one of the bathroom doors that said ‘girl’s room’.

Leaving the house TOO clean got us busted once. There's no way we would have voluntarily taken the trash out if it wasn't full of beer cans and solo cups...

I said both of those things because of insider info I’m privy to

I mean it’s a rumor but I know the people involved and the kids were high schoolers. You can fill in the details with common sense.

Oh come on. That’s so not news - my friends parents and my parents all could have been in the same situation thanks to us. Teenagers have parties and drink alcohol. It happens

Super interesting. Do you know off hand if this is US specific? I’ve heard of families in Europe giving their kinds wine earlier but also the binge drinking culture is very different

I doubt she gets in any trouble over this. If it was a regular ass working parent they would have been arrested for having an underage drinking party on their property. The rules don't apply to people with money and clout

That still doesn't bridge tje gap between "rumor" and "source."

That’s literally the source of my information. Like it or not.

I have never looked at non us research. my partner is in the recovery field and we have looked and talked our kids about it. I imagine it is very related to culture as well.

You seem bummed you weren't invited

Source: I have no source.

When I’ve spoken to multiple parents of children who were in attendance, I’d say I probably have better information than what is being put forth in this article

Yeah definitely.

I was at a party in high school that was busted. Way fewer people than this one and the parents of the house were nobodies. It made the news.

Great to hear state police are focused on all those underaged drinking parties that are killing hundreds…. Oh wait that’s the heroin dealers I forgot it’s so hard to keep up with their priorities. Laughable.

I think it's important for kids to experience wild raging parties maybe just to see the stupidity of drunk adolescents. A lot of mistakes I've made will not be repeated and those learning moments are invaluable. The lessons might never have been learned without some stupidity in the first place. Yes the risk that can come from alcohol and young adults is high but a seminar at school won't change you like a first hand experience. This has all been pretty vague but maybe you get the point.

Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgement.

It actually doesn’t happen as much as it used to. Parents are held liable if something goes sideways.

You get to have a party. They get their house cleaned for them. Sounds like a win for both sides.

Honestly who cares

Are they mutually exclusive? I lost several friends due to underage drinking and driving- decades ago. It can be incredibly impactful to a community to lose kids. The VSP probably saved a teen life or lives that night and they don’t deserve shade on this.

Daily reminder that alcohol is the most socially destructive drug in the country and over 80% of domestic abuse cases have alcohol involved.

At my high school, over 1/3 of the kids’ parents were in jail for allowing house parties. It was tough for them to raise themselves during their teenage years, but at least they stopped throwing parties after their parents went to jail.

90% of the people in this sub are full blown alcoholics.

Sounds like those kids learned a valuable lesson from their mistakes. Chea will not be arrested or see in the inside of a courtroom because she is a state representative must be nice to be above the law.

I thought that was Cris at first.

We had a friend whose father was a Senator, and the biggest parties were always when his parents were away. The one downside was even though they were loaded his dad preferred cheap whiskey and gin. Thank god we lived before cell cameras were widespread and any good.

Karen is as Karen does.

I think we've found the people who were not invited to the parties when they were young...

Rain on those parades.

If this was a regular parent this wouldn't be news, and is only news to a certain type of person who enjoys taking the streets, torch in hand, at any and every oppoutunity.

Busy bodies and Karens.

I disagree if it were a regular parent it would be news saying how horrible of parents they are allowing an underage drinking party. My problem with this situation is the fact there were minors drinking at her house and she is in no way facing any legal charges.

It would only be news to that particular community. Busy bodies on reddit wouldn't be carrying torches because this wouldn't be news.

Vermont has a long tradition of minor's party with adult knowledge. My theory is most of the people mad were the ones not invited when they were kids and projecting their past angst that they never came to terms with.

I'm not sure where the torch carrying business is coming from nor did I deny adults knowing/hosting underage drinking parties. All I want is for everyone to be treated the exact same no matter your social status or what your occupation is. I'm mad that she isn't getting into trouble for hosting an underage drinking party whilst if it had been a regular working person not in state government they would have been arrested on the spot. She should be held accountable like everyone else. Please explain to me how this is a torch weilding mentality.

Yeah... It's always hard to trust unverified sources on Reddit. I'll believe it when it's verified.

Yeah you and the other guy commenting this same thing are the ones who didn’t get invited. I don’t see why else you’d make that connection and be so eager to share it.

Back in my day we’d get blackout in a neighbors hay barn while he had no idea we were in there. But no one drove and help was a scream away and our parents had no idea what we were doing, but I could also absolutely call for a ride if need be. From what I’ve heard about this situation and about a lot of these high school parties nowadays is that they are quite brazen, often sponsored by parents who don’t give a fuck, and result in a lot of kids drunk driving. I’m all for kids doing their thing and being kids - until they hop in the car or just start to get to take it too far in general. And definitely against parents who think they’re above the law when it comes to something like this.

Like many other parents in this thread - I think a healthy dose of both fear and careful rebellion is good for kids. And I see those two things not being reinforced in this day and age.

Really? Because if this was a republican the comments would be burying this person. Everyone in here acting like this fine…

I'm not saying it's fine, just that republicans can be bad parents too. It's not a political issue

It is when one group gets vilified and one does not.

I don't know of the other person you speak of, but it sounds like you took that a little too personally. I made that connection because the people who attended parties like this with more likely to be sympathetic and less Karen like as exhibited in the comments throughout. I figured that was a quite obvious reason, but hey I guess not so there you go.

Vermont statically has some of the lowest teen drunk driving cases and though the cases have gone up over the years that can be attributed to other factors of the child being raised and not the direct access to partying. Youth entitlement has never been more prevalent in this state, and they get it from their parents. Granted that statement is hyperbolic and hearsay, I'm sure many would agree with it.

What we can agree on is that parents aren't doing their duty in this day and age for whatever the reason may be case by case.

Who's getting vilified? What tf are you talking about?

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Wow, brat of politician busted throwing a house party. If we were still in the 80s they'd make an "underdog gets the girl" movie from it. Geesh.

Because it's mud season and too early for the "runaway cows" stories.

I'm shocked it wasn't the VTDigger on this one.

True story

Wow. Here you are on reddit proclaiming how you don't have a problem with underage drinking OR with adults drinking with minors.

What, and I ask this with all *due* respect, the fuck is wrong with you?

He's a sad little tRumpster who's lost his way. He doesn't know who to be angry at anymore so he's just going to be angry at everyone (but not as angry as he is at himself for being taken in by a fat, orange conman).

Doing dangerous and unnecessary things safely is all a part of the human condition. The act in which you condemn has been done since the invention of alcohol itself. I've seen more people turned off by alcohol drinking as teenagers than I have addict lost to it.

Not so kindly and without out any respect, because none is due, get a life.

Well, sir, it appears to me that you are no better at judging human beings than you are a specimen of one and I shall bid you adieu.

I’m a black lesbian libertarian. You could not be further from the truth tough guy! I’m sorry the orange man has you upset still, get over it.

The fat orange traitor is going to jail. He only entertains me with his flailing and YELLING.

Sure he is, last Tuesday. Keep seething. Cope harder. Lmao! Of course you wouldn’t know because you are a liberal. Grand jury has been cancelled the last two days. There is no case.

Well.

Bless your heart, honey.

K. Let me know when he goes to jail loser.

I'm not the one defending a fat, orange traitor, but you do you, ma'am.

Seethe harder

What I find hilarious is that, in damn near unison, this sub is like “so not news!” “Kids are kids!”…but if this was spun the exact same way except as an underage drinking party at a State Troopers house, you all would be losing your minds.

Drinking kills people daily (including innocent victims).