...beach week in Ocean City....

[Anonymous]

Definitely no diving into the ocean!!!! I know someone paralyzed because of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did beach week when I was 17 and 18 and had a great time. I wasn't a partier, nor were my friends, bur we still enjoyed ourselves, four girls in an un-air conditioned ground floor rental. Back before cell phones, so the only contact we had with our parents was an occasional call from a phone booth.

That said, I'll be wreck when my kid will want to go next summer after his senior year....

I agree with the PP who said remind DS about drugs and underage drinking. I do know someone whose kid's college acceptance was rescinded after he was arrested for a DUI.

Condoms.

DO NOT DIVE INTO THE WATER. DO NOT THROW SOMEONE ELSE INTO THE WATER.

Condoms.

Only swim at the beach when the life guards are on duty.

Do not get in the car when the driver has been drinking. Do not worry about being called a p***y or anything like that. Let them say that and let them go wrap the car around a utility pole.

OP here. THANK YOU!

Please please please stress the reckless/daredevil behavior. It might not make him an angel but might also be a tiny voice innhis head that tells him not to run diving into the ocean when it's a few feet from shore (know a father of 3 who is paralyzed nthis way) or jump off a balcony or into a canal or waterway from a ledge when you don't know where it leads (know a kid who died at 21 his senior week of college) this isn't Mexico, Jamaica or Hawaii there is no cliff diving in ocmd that's safe

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Getting a hotel room at that age is problematic. I think (?) you have to be over 25 to get a room. Or, a parent has to sign for the liability. I would not be willing to sign for a bunch of kids.

OP here. Yeah, me neither. As you can imagine, I have a lot of follow-up questions.

DD’s friend got one for her and her friends no problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do NOT try to go to Seacret with a fake ID.

haha the one time I went there at 38 I felt simultaneously ancient and very very young. The crowd seemed to be 21-25 and 60 and above. With no in between but they carded everone. I was surprised

[Anonymous]

My kids were both 17 when they graduated, turned 18 in August, and we did not let them go even though they were very unhappy with us about that. I told them to go to the beach with their friends after their birthdays if they really wanted to go, which they did not do.

One of my reasons was that I was not willing to drive three hours, possibly in the middle of the night, if the cops called to say they had been arrested.

If I were you I would at least tell my 18 yr old that you will not be driving to OC if they get arrested, in addition to all the other cautionary advice I am sure you will give them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids were both 17 when they graduated, turned 18 in August, and we did not let them go even though they were very unhappy with us about that. I told them to go to the beach with their friends after their birthdays if they really wanted to go, which they did not do.

One of my reasons was that I was not willing to drive three hours, possibly in the middle of the night, if the cops called to say they had been arrested.

If I were you I would at least tell my 18 yr old that you will not be driving to OC if they get arrested, in addition to all the other cautionary advice I am sure you will give them.

Oh I'll come get you. But you are staying your ass in the drunk tank all night. And morning. I'll be leaving DC after rush hour so you are stuck until sometime after lunch. Shoot. I'll probably be hungry so might stop for a nice water front crab cake along the bay before I swing into City lock up. It's not Oz, they will be fine

[Anonymous]

Went as a 17 year old in the 90s. We were pretty chill. I remember not wanting to upset my parents after they trusted me out on my own. Hung out at the beach and went to a few parties. I’m glad I got the experience and didn’t feel the need to go crazy in college. I’ll let my kids go when they graduate.

[Anonymous]

My son went in June (at 17) with a large group. They drank some Coors Lights, made sure that they had a designated driver, and had a good time. I'm a little fuzzy on the details about the lodging. He reported that only one of them got drunk enough to puke, so it sounds fairly tame. He did plenty of normal beach things, too. It wasn't round the clock partying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do NOT try to go to Seacret with a fake ID.

haha the one time I went there at 38 I felt simultaneously ancient and very very young. The crowd seemed to be 21-25 and 60 and above. With no in between but they carded everone. I was surprised

They have cops just waiting to arrest people.

and yes, it is 21-25 and over 60

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do NOT try to go to Seacret with a fake ID.

haha the one time I went there at 38 I felt simultaneously ancient and very very young. The crowd seemed to be 21-25 and 60 and above. With no in between but they carded everone. I was surprised

They have cops just waiting to arrest people.

and yes, it is 21-25 and over 60

Ah, Seacrets. Where you can be a milf and a decades younger trophy wife all in one night.

[Anonymous]

I studied abroad when I was 19. I was a good kid, but still did dumb things. All that said, I always remembered something my dad told me: "When in doubt, don't." Basically, remind your kid that they need to listen to their inner voice before they make a choice to do something. I still remember this advice, and I'm 40 years old now!! It was, and still is, a powerful reminder that I don't have to give in to peer pressure.

[Anonymous]

I'm not from around here, but I'm having trouble believing this is an actual thing sanctioned by the City. I mean I see the website, but how did such a thing come about when it sounds like a completely horrible idea? And of course I'm jealous that I didn't get to do it, but thankful, too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did it as a high schooler in MoCo. We definitely drank but otherwise it was fairly tame.

I did this back in the late 80’s. Rented a condo with 4 other girls. Our parents had to sign for the rental. My friends and I were pretty tame though. We sunbathed in the beach during the day. At night we went to dinner and maybe drank a little. Knowing what i saw around me and that my kids are not me, I probably will not allow them to go.

[Anonymous]

I would never let my kid go without a parent. A bunch of drunk kids running around? A recipe for disaster. I wouldn’t worry about my own kid as much as about her being hit by a drunk driver or being sexually assaulted or whatever. It’s really hard to stand up to peer pressure right out of high school. My kid was a really good kid that doesn’t drink even as an adult out of college now, but both my spouse and I are teachers and told her from the time she knew what it was that would be no beach week, but we would take a bunch of her friends if she wanted. She wasn’t interested at all, thankfully.

My cousin let her kid go and he called her to say a kid passed out and he couldn’t wake him up, and she went and picked him up and took him home that day, after the ambulance came, and her son went willingly.

[Anonymous]

My child wants to go but almost none of the parents are willing to sign the lease...darn! (THANK-YOU)