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IMO it's a 'parental authority' issue related more to what might have happened than what did happen - kinda like the ffolkes being out of town for the weekend, and junior is left home alone to keep an eye on the place and decides to have a few friends over for a party without asking permission first. Everybody behaves...but the ffolkes find out from the neighbors, not from junior, that there were strangers in their house without their permission and junior gets 'the lecture' and grounded.
I had a student do that once during his senior year when his parents were out of town. Everything was fine when it was just him and a few friends, but the word went out that there was a party and before long there were car loads of kids he didn't know from other schools showing up. Things started getting out of hand and when he tried to end it, he was kicked around and threatened, and wound up hiding out in a tree in his backyard after being beaten up. It was not a pretty homecoming when his ffolkes returned and found their expensive home had suffered thousands of dollars worth of damage.
And so it goes...
Richard
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