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Prom Night – Make it Worry Free
The most wonderful night for a high school junior and senior –
prom night – can also be the most terrible for parents. Spending the
night worrying about your teenagers is an awful way to spend the
evening, especially if that runs into the wee hours of the morning with
after-prom parties. Many parents have gotten that call that announced
their child had been injured or worse in an automobile accident on the
way to or from some particular destination. As parents began to share
those stories, they also began to look for ways to make the prom night
more bearable for the parents.
Many high schools are asking students to sign a sobriety pledge for the
night of the prom. The agreement is usually signed by student, parent
and a representative of the school and simply states that the student
agrees to stay drug and alcohol free for the entire prom event,
including the hours leading up to the prom and the parties following
the prom. Peer pressure in many cases makes students more willing to
sign. While there are no real teeth to most of the pledges, it does
place more accountability on the students, both individually and as a
body. If students see a classmate drinking, they are more likely to
take some action because they too have signed a pledge. The pledge also
makes students at least take a moment to think about their actions
before they drink. Often, the pledge comes with a promise that the
student will phone their parents or someone reliable to drive them home
if they do drink. In that case, parents agree to take no action against
the student for arriving home intoxicated. Parents usually agree
because having the child arrive home in that condition is far
preferable to getting a call announcing an accident.
Even with a sobriety pledge, parents are bound to worry about their
children on prom night, but there’s likely to be a little less worry if
the topic has been openly discussed and both student and parent know
there are options.
