Whose senior is going to beach week?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain why parents are so hesitant to let their kids do beach week when like 10 weeks later they’ll be drinking, doing drugs, and having sex in college?

Because there is another point to college - learning. Kids only go to beach week to get drunk, high, and hook up. There nothing educational about that.

Oh, the weekend night partying that you do at college can be very, very educational. If you think that there is something particularly "collegiate" about off campus Friday night activities Vs the social scene at the beach....you are living in La La land my friend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. It's a stupid dangerous tradition that my senior is opting out of.

If your senior is not going to beach week, then why did you feel the need to comment on this thread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Oh my God, I still remember my beach week. There were tons of drugs and kids were having sex everywhere. Also, everybody was drinking and driving. I don’t even know how I survived that week. It helped that I had a boyfriend and went with a huge group of friends. Seriously we ended up sleeping at a different hotel room every night depending on where the party was. We tried to stick together so if one of us was hooking up with someone we would kind of crash at that place. I was so incredibly trashed one night that I almost did acid. Thank goodness my boyfriend was with me and he shooed the person offering me the acid away. There’s no way I would let my kids go to beach week after the experience that I had.

I went to beach week, but it was nothing like yours. Sure, we drank and got a little crazy, but there were no drugs or random people having sex. I guess it all depends what the group is like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain why parents are so hesitant to let their kids do beach week when like 10 weeks later they’ll be drinking, doing drugs, and having sex in college?

Because there is another point to college - learning. Kids only go to beach week to get drunk, high, and hook up. There nothing educational about that.

You must be the same poster who insisted in another beach week thread that kids will be so focused on learning while in college, that they just won't have the time to get drunk, party, etc. You're so cute!

[Anonymous]

Not going - DC's says it's not DC's thing. Instead going a bit later with some friends to our house in Maine. They can hike and bike in Acadia, take out the motor boat, kayak and paddle board, buy lobsters at the dock for dinner, build bonfires in the backyard, play golf and tennis -- in one of the most beautiful places in the world. Sounds like a lot better time, IMO.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What’s Ocean City like during Senior week? Our family is going 2nd week in June staying just north of MD state line. I didn’t know about senior week (not originally from this area and my kids are younger). Will this ruin our vacation?

It'll be fine. 18 year old kids do not want to draw adult attention to themselves. They want to hang out on the beach, body surf, go to arcades, play mini golf, eat chli dogs and cheesy fries.

and drink til they commit and then cry or cry then vomit ? and then repeat again.

vomit

And get laid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain why parents are so hesitant to let their kids do beach week when like 10 weeks later they’ll be drinking, doing drugs, and having sex in college?

Because they aren't in college yet? When they are in college they can do college things. I mean with your logic, why not let them party over Christmas break? They'll be at beach week soon enough. Heck back it all the way up to Junior summer because in one short year they'll be at beach week.

[Anonymous]

DD went last year and still complains. Everyone fighting over what to do. Half the house got in trouble (same half that was livid the rest would not allow them to have a party in their house) The one friend there with a car got sick of always being used for rides from everyone else. Everyone sticking the same people with the messes and leaving the house a disaster. “Nothing about it was worth the money we spent” she says.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. It's a stupid dangerous tradition that my senior is opting out of.

If your senior is not going to beach week, then why did you feel the need to comment on this thread?

Different poster but the title asked whose kid was going so the answer is relevant.

No way would my kids go. This article is almost 10 years old and I’m sure it’s much worse now.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/345261

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s Ocean City like during Senior week? Our family is going 2nd week in June staying just north of MD state line. I didn’t know about senior week (not originally from this area and my kids are younger). Will this ruin our vacation?

It'll be fine. 18 year old kids do not want to draw adult attention to themselves. They want to hang out on the beach, body surf, go to arcades, play mini golf, eat chli dogs and cheesy fries.

I think you got the 13 year olds mixed up with the 18 year olds.