What do you have against DIS green? *pout*
Here is the
LAX Airport blog with most of your travel options.
Make sure that you check out the Grayline link at the bottom of LAX
Thanks! I will check it out.......
I have read a few of the posts about the Stack and the age groups and how they are split. My son will turn 13 right before we get on the ship. I think 13 year olds should be allowed some time in the stack at certain times during the day and the older kids have other options available to them. I do agree OQ would be cool for them HOWEVER my son is a gamer and if there are computer games & the like available that is where he will be. I also agree that the ages should be something like 12-14 yr olds then 15-18 year olds. I also think that a parent should have the option to place their child where they see fit if the child falls in the "in-between" ages - like those kids that aren't quite the right age but are already in middle school or high school.
I think as parents we need to be diligent and keep our kids well informed of what to do if........scenarios. I also think this is another reason why our cruise thread and mini meets are important. Our kids can get to know each other and we can get to know each others kids - we can all watch for out for them together - it really does take a village!
Everyone have a great weekend!
It is a little less worrying for me the fact that SO many of us are going and SO many of the kids will be our kids. someone recruit your child to keep an eye on mine and I'll be a happy camper. pwetty pwease? LOL
I'm totally not arguing. My logic was that 14 year olds spend time with 18 years olds in school every day. Heck, I started HS at 13.
Wanna be really freaked out? I met DH at 14.
Yeah they do- although there aren't a whole LOT of 18yr olds here and they usually share different classes/taking different classes. The only time they are "together" here is for combined ages classes- such as perhaps band and choir- even athletics for the most part they are divided (jv, varsity, etc.- maybe an occasional undergraduate might make varsity though ofcourse). I don't know about your schools but nowadays they really don't have time to "spend time" with anyone- not even in middle school or elementary! ONly a few minutes between class spent practically running to locker and to the next class to make it- not even enough time to hit the bathroom if necessary (my daughter has to ask in class because they only have 3 minutes, used to be 5-then 4- now 3 minutes- between classes). I do remember in my day we had a lot more time to "visit" with others in the school but here, nowadays, that simply isn't the case. They are even divided by ages for lunch -elementary is lunch by grade, middle school is lunch by grade and for the most part it is in highschool too mostly based on the classes that most freshman/sophomores are taking vs what juniors/seniors are taking and working it around those classes ends up with the undergraduates having lunch at the same time, upper classmen having lunch at the same time. yanno?
Not allowed to leave for lunch/etc. either. Not that I agree with it but they even put up the gates not allowing anyone to leave by their own vehicle at any time during the day (yeah that one does kinda bug me. Once my oldest is old enough to drive- she couldn't even leave for a dr or dentist appt- I'd STILL have to come get her- cause her vehicle will be locked up in the parking lot. sigh..)
I think maybe some people reading my posts may wonder what is wrong with me
or think I'm naive or not see where I'm coming from- but the thing is not all kids are the same at the same age and MY daughter is not quite as mature as maybe she should be. She's WAY more immature than I was at her age- that is for sure for sure. Her body may be going thru the motions but in her head she's much younger. I don't know if that has to do with how protective we've been of her, or just the way she is, or partly because she's ADHD, or what- or a combination of it all- not sure. All I know is she is way more "out of place" with older kids than she is with those exactly her age or slightly younger and even like when neighbor kids come over that are my son's age (10) -she plays right along with them like she's 10.
She's not exactly popular at school either (even kind of an outcast among the rest of the cheerleaders) because she's like a big kid and not a "young adult" at her age. KWIM? She's like a 10 or 11 or maybe 12yr old in a 14yr old's body. I can think of some kids at her school or even our neighborhood that I wouldn't worry for a second if they were grouped with older teens on a cruise- but mine I don't even want her able to run around like leaving the group (like last cruise she was 12 and I didn't allow her to sign herself out). Maybe she's not the "norm" for 14yr olds, is what I'm saying. yanno? so that is why I have such concerns.
And actually she's ADHD/ODD.. if you know anything about that you know she's forgetful, impulsive, doesn't follow rules well, etc. I can totally see this child, 100% can see her, doing whatever an older group of teens were doing or told her to do- regardless of the fact it's against our rules (such as going to someone's stateroom for any reason whatsoever). To be honest with you- I even have fears of this child acting a fool on open decks and falling over the side. She just doesn't think in advance of consequences of her actions. So yeah, she's not the normal 14yr old like most would think- she's NOTHING like I was at her age.
To perhaps put it in perspective for you what I mean- I'd be less worried if my 10yr old or even my then EIGHT year old was for some weird reason grouped with the older teens in the stack. Seriously... I'd worry about them less. (because they are not like her with the impulsivity, not obeying rules, forgetting everything, not thinking about consequences of her actions, etc.) So maybe that helps you understand my worries about this. I had hoped after the last cruise that by the time of this cruise she'd have matured more but nope- didn't happen.
Last time she was 12 and had a blast hanging out with the 10-12yr old group that mostly consisted of 10/11yr olds........ she had a lot of fun in the lab with the younger (than her) kids. She hasn't changed a bit (except physically) since then, is what I'm saying. I WISH she was more mature. I WISH she was mature enough that I didn't have to have concerns about her being around older teens. At this point I'd rather my 10yr old be with the older teens than her! seriously.....
Finally quit smoking 10 yrs ago.
