Beach Week 2026 - Graduating Class

[Anonymous]

Parents don't do this it's against the rules to rent a house and not be in attendance to circumvent the minimum 25 rule

[Anonymous]

Also, pack 10 kids in a 5,000 rental - that’s only $500 per kid. Little Timmy can get a part time job to pay for that. It will be OK mom.

[Anonymous]

DDs friends got arrested in OBX last year, so somewhere more lenient sounds good to me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They’re asking to get in trouble and get college admission rescinded

I have to wonder what kind of kid you have that this is even a concern of yours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re asking to get in trouble and get college admission rescinded

If you can’t trust your DC for a week at beach week, then college isn’t going to go very well for your DC.

+ a million

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those asking about costs. My data is a bit outdated but sharing just in case it’s helpful. My 2023 grad went to OBX. There were 11 boys in the house plus one dad. Our portion of the rental was $225 (dad had his own room and we did not ask him to pay).

This sounds very similar to my 2023 grad, but they had two dads and a coed group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have had 3 graduates so far and didn’t allow it. We told them their adult years are for these trips. The survived and moved on. That’s just our parent preference.

+1 Preempted the whole thing by taking the kid on an epic international family trip. Made him an offer he couldn't refuse (and didn't want to). College is a whole other thing but at least not exclusively designed for drinking, sex, and other opportunities to get in trouble. Too many horror stories every year. Not my kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have had 3 graduates so far and didn’t allow it. We told them their adult years are for these trips. The survived and moved on. That’s just our parent preference.

+1 Preempted the whole thing by taking the kid on an epic international family trip. Made him an offer he couldn't refuse (and didn't want to). College is a whole other thing but at least not exclusively designed for drinking, sex, and other opportunities to get in trouble. Too many horror stories every year. Not my kid.

Oh sweet summer child, your kids will have abundant opportunities to drink and have sex in college lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those asking about costs. My data is a bit outdated but sharing just in case it’s helpful. My 2023 grad went to OBX. There were 11 boys in the house plus one dad. Our portion of the rental was $225 (dad had his own room and we did not ask him to pay).

This sounds very similar to my 2023 grad, but they had two dads and a coed group.

Interesting - did everyone going personally know the two dads that went? I (female) went to beach week about 20 years ago with no adults and I’m not sure I would have felt comfortable with two dads in the house - especially if I didn’t know them that well.

[Anonymous]

I can’t believe how many trashy, careless parents there are in this area.

Oh wait, I can believe it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe how many trashy, careless parents there are in this area.

Oh wait, I can believe it.

Well, there are no boundaries. Teens can do what they want and get everything they ask for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have had 3 graduates so far and didn’t allow it. We told them their adult years are for these trips. The survived and moved on. That’s just our parent preference.

+1 Preempted the whole thing by taking the kid on an epic international family trip. Made him an offer he couldn't refuse (and didn't want to). College is a whole other thing but at least not exclusively designed for drinking, sex, and other opportunities to get in trouble. Too many horror stories every year. Not my kid.

Oh sweet summer child, your kids will have abundant opportunities to drink and have sex in college lol

+1
I just have to shake my head at parents like this, who think that somehow their kid isn't going to do what 99.9999% of all college kids do once they get to college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those asking about costs. My data is a bit outdated but sharing just in case it’s helpful. My 2023 grad went to OBX. There were 11 boys in the house plus one dad. Our portion of the rental was $225 (dad had his own room and we did not ask him to pay).

This sounds very similar to my 2023 grad, but they had two dads and a coed group.

Interesting - did everyone going personally know the two dads that went? I (female) went to beach week about 20 years ago with no adults and I’m not sure I would have felt comfortable with two dads in the house - especially if I didn’t know them that well.

Everyone loved the two dads who went. They were dads of two of the girls in the group and took turns making some fabulous meals for the kids. Other than that, they did their own thing (golf, etc.) and the kids went their separate ways. Everyone had a blast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe how many trashy, careless parents there are in this area.

Oh wait, I can believe it.

Well, there are no boundaries. Teens can do what they want and get everything they ask for.

Bless your heart(s). A week at the beach is hardly "no boundaries" or "getting everything they ask for."