unchaperoned HS kids on spring break?

[Sylvester McBean]

Exactly!

We don't trust YOUR children.

we ARE the people our parents warned us about.

 

[jbthi]

I think it all boils down to you have to know your teen. My daughter and her friends did not drink. They were very responsible kids. They were all good students and leaders in their school.

Their school principal was staying in a condo about a block from them. He said he ran into them frequently, always looked like they were having a great time.

They were all responsible in college also. Our daughter went to college in our city and lived on campus but ended up spending a good part of her time at home.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

we ARE the people our parents warned us about.

LOL!


I was not the person my parents warned me about. Steered clear of all those. Until college and it took just one semester to figure out---hmmm...BEHAVE!!! LOL! Nearly lost a scholarship and my parents would have made me come home. Had a stellar college career after that moment but was otherwise on my own. Didn't lose the scholarship either. (made it by tenths on my GPA).

when your stepfather is an a$$....you avoid any issues at all costs. HE was the type of person my parents warned me about. Too bad my mother didn't listen LOL! Took her a while--but she too learned.

I was shocked when hearing that high school kids did spring break trips.

And I guess for those with parent owned condos--I just don't see how a trip with just minors is pulled off when minors cannot really check into hotel rooms when using their real ID.

 

[poohandwendy]

Guess it's all about trust issues. Who has them and who doesn't.

LOL, I guess I should add 'trust issues' to my siggie...

Sheesh, so where is that line drawn Cardaway? I mean, you have drawn it within YOUR idea of appropriate (now, it seems to be within domestic borders?) and everything outside your idea of appropriate suggests other people have 'trust issues'? Please.

I guess you will allow your teens to do whatever floats their boats anytime anywhere, because if you don't...then another person who is more permissive than you should consider you as someone who is suffering with 'trust issues'....sounds ridiculous and judgemental. Because it is.

 

[Planogirl]

It sounds a bit judgmental to me too.

I would likely be a bit more lenient than most of the parents who post on these threads but I would never let my teen do anything he wanted. It's not a matter of trust but guaging what I think he's ready to handle and also keeping in mind that he's not legal yet and that fact can cause some issues too.

 

[Sylvester McBean]

I was shocked when hearing that high school kids did spring break trips.

And I guess for those with parent owned condos--I just don't see how a trip with just minors is pulled off when minors cannot really check into hotel rooms when using their real ID.

the same way we bought beer with our 'real' ID's our parents made the reservations with their credit cards, we reimbursed them. now that we're 30 minutes from Clearwater beach, the hypocrite in me surfaces when it comes to my daughter.

 

[laura001]

Not a chance! There is no possible way I would let my kids go away like that, although both of my two older children tried to get it past me. They didn't put up too much of an argument about it. Thank goodness!

 

[Rock'n Robin]

You know, even if you trust your child, how can you trust some of these other kids who were raised by wolves? Maybe my DD#2 could do one of these trips and be trusted (DD#1 is a little ditzy yet for me to think it would work out) but who knows, she could be sipping soda at a club and get it spiked with that date rape drug. Or they could be driving back to the condo, completely sober, and be hit by someone else's drunk kid. It's not a matter of trust sometimes, it's a matter of safety.
If I hear one more student whispering to someone about bar crawls in Cancun, I'll scream. The kids I know of who do these trips are not drinking responsibly, to say the least. And who knows what kind of souvenirs (STDs anyone?) they are bringing back.
I can't believe that every parent who strictly supervises a HS child is simply a matter of trust and discipline issues at home. A study just came out yesterday where kids who start drinking or doing drugs early on (16 or younger) are so much more likely to become addicted--and the greatest factor preventing this is parental supervision. We are their parents, not their "best friends".
Robin M.