This book was written by the parent of four great teenagers who were just starting out and stretching their wings. Their friends were really going places, when some of them started making some silly mistakes at parties, online, or when interacting with the police. They risked their scholarships. They risked incarceration. They risked their lives. And so much of it was avoidable if they’d seen the big picture and understood how things work―the basic rules. We’re going to cover all of that in this short little book. It’s more complicated being a teenager and young adult than it used to be. These have always been difficult years, but rarely has the chance of personal disaster felt so close. Social media and the Internet are powerful and positive communication tools, but there's a dark side. A teen’s minor mistake can have devastating consequences. Local missteps quickly become national news. Young adults must learn how to enjoy their lives while minimizing the chance of creating long-term, life-altering problems. Underage drinking and drug use isn’t advisable―or avoidable. So, since teenagers will always engage in unsafe and ill-advised behavior, they should at least know how to make stupid mistakes, rather than fatal ones. Doing the wrong thing or being in the wrong place at the wrong time, shouldn’t derail or destroy a young adult’s life’s goals or aspirations. Many teenagers and young adults occasionally find themselves taking a drink or drug, or are at a party where other people are, when the police show up. This book provides some expert guidelines to help minimize the potential damage upon their long-term academic or career goals. Edited by a top criminal-defense lawyer with real-world input from some teens and 20-somethings, this book will offer some practical guidance in how to help avoid making those mistakes. It will cover how police traffic stops, showing how to increase the chance that you’ll drive away without a ticket, arrest… or injury.