Help! We've been asked by BBC Newcastle whether allowing older teens to host a party (with you off the premises) is a parental rite of passage. Is this right and if so how can you ensure they don't end up being drink-and-drug induced carnage?
I'm not quite at the teens stage and can only call on my own experience, which rather leads me to err towards the "over my dead body" school of thought re hosting a teen party, but maybe I'm wrong?