Avoid giving teenagers reason to lie about where they are. Give them leeway and backup and be ready to rescue a child or teen any time of the day or night from an uncomfortable situation. Lots of times kids are afraid to get in trouble for being where they are and when, and the people they're with know it, and that compounds danger.
but an illustrative story is at The night Holly was in trouble
photo by Sandra Dodd, of a younger-teen Holly
__
