alcohol & teenagers & travel

[ILoveMyDVC]

Looking for some advice...
We're going to WDW a few days ahead of our 16 & 18 year old kids becasue of the school schedule. They'll be home with the dogs and my mother will check up on them.
How does everyone handle the alcohol at home with their teenagers? Do you move it out of the house? Take a picture or create some sore of inventory list? Lock it up?
I NEVER did it as a 'kid' (or even in my 20's ) so I don't have a lot of practice.

 

[tjkraz]

Yikes, I have a feeling this thread could get a little toasty.

Off the top of my head I'd say if you trust them enough to leave them alone at the house, you have to go "all-in" with the trust. Granted you can't watch them every waking minute but I assume you have some idea of whether they are the type of kids who would be getting into trouble as soon as your back is turned. If so, then you may want to re-think leaving them alone in the first place. But if they are relatively well-behaved you shouldn't have anything to worry about.

 

[delmar411]

Yikes, I have a feeling this thread could get a little toasty.

Off the top of my head I'd say if you trust them enough to leave them alone at the house, you have to go "all-in" with the trust. Granted you can't watch them every waking minute but I assume you have some idea of whether they are the type of kids who would be getting into trouble as soon as your back is turned. If so, then you may want to re-think leaving them alone in the first place. But if they are relatively well-behaved you shouldn't have anything to worry about.

I agree.

 

[Sandisw]

When we left my 18 year old son home for 5 days a few summers ago, we decided that we trusted him enough to leave him home alone but didn't want to tempt fate with some of his friends and locked up the cabinet where we kept things. He even preferred it that way as it made it easier on him, just in case someone tried to pressure him into doing something he shouldn't (even good and trustworthy kids can make stupid mistakes).

Of course, we did go through everything with him ahead of time and what our expectations were. We also told him who was and was not allowed in the home and we had my mother checking things for us.

Things went great and last year, did the same thing. For us, it was peace of mind and just one less thing to worry about when we were gone (and we also locked up our bedroom as well).

Good luck!

 

[Judy WI]

Leave it there but have a couple neigbors watch for a large amount of cars. Take it from a Mom of 2 boys. They were good boys but they were also teens with other teen friends and there was a party when we left them for a few days. They had cleaned up very well except for the foot prints on the bedroom ceiling. The next time we had grandma stay in the house with them.

Never say never and always be prepared for trouble. Doesn't mean you don't trust them but it helps keep them on the right path.

Now the grandkids are getting to that teen age and it is fun to watch my son and daughter in law handle it.

 

[Pirate Jack]

Trust plays a HUGE part but threats also help! A nosey neighbor is one of the best deterants!

 

[CarolMN]

Closing this thread - had to delete too many posts and it's not a DVC topic.

Op - Feel free to post the topic on the Community Board if you really want to discuss this.