This was in an advice column for teens

One teenager had called her parents for a ride home from a party, because her boyfriend had had a few drinks. The parents picked her up, but then they put her on restriction and wouldn't allow her to see her boyfriend any more because he was irresponsible.

Now the younger sister says that if she finds herself in the same situation, she would take the ride with her boyfriend who has been drinking, because she sees how hard not being able to see her boyfriend has been on her sister.

The older sister also says that given another opportunity, she would not call her parents, because of they way they handled it.

Should the parents have handled it this way?

I can really see both sides of this one. I remember being punished by my parents for telling the truth about something after they promised they wouldn't punish us if we were honest. All it did was teach me that I couldn't trust my parents and that I shouldn't confess to anything.

I also can see how the parents wouldn't want their daughters hanging around somebody who was irresponsible enough to drive under the influence.

But the point is that their actions have had the opposite effect. Do you think the parents should have handled it differently?

I couldn't locate the original column, but here is the follow up: (http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/17/2962912/readers-react-to-teen-drunken.html)