| I have a recently graduated senior at beach week on the outer banks right now and I am having second thoughts about allowing him to go. How concerned should I be? I am hearing almost nothing from him. Please allay my fears. Tell me that this is just a rite of passage and nothing really crazy happens. Any parents who have had kids go and have come back with nothing super horrible having happened? |
| The kids party. How much they party and what they get into depends on your particular kid and their friends. |
| I regret going 30-odd years ago. |
| I didn’t allow my big 3 senior to go. Not worth the risk. |
| Sex all week and lots and lots of drinking and smoking pot. I wish I didn’t go 30 years ago (I’m a different pp than above). |
| Bad decision on your part. Told my DD I’d send her anyplace in the world except “Beach Week.” |
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Drinking, vomiting, sex.
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| I will never for the life of me understand why parents go along with this. Don’t tell me, let me guess. You can’t stand the thought that your child might miss something |
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Drinking, drugs, and sex. A lot of all three.
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It seems like every other poster on here is at the "Big 3." If those schools are so great and so exclusive, why are so many of the parents wasting their time on DCUM? |
| Just be glad Plan b is still legal/available |
| It will be fine. Relax. |
| Is it sex with one partner or more than that? |
Um, it depends on the kid. ??? |
Oh my. |