What do your teens do on Fri & Sat nights?

[Anonymous]

Do they have a curfew?
If they aren't old enough to drive, do you have to be the one to pick up/drop off?
Do they use their own money (from job or allowance) or do you give them $ for weekend fun?

[Anonymous]

My 13 year old is in 10th grade and on Saturday nights she babysits. She does not have a curfew for that. She usually calls me when she gets bored - around midnight - because she is tired but doesn't feel right napping on the couch.

On Friday nights she usually does something with friends that ends in a sleepover. They go to see a movie, go to the mall, go ice skating, etc., then go to someone's house, make pizza, bake dessert or make homemade ice cream, and stay up late before crashing. No curfew for that but we discuss on Fridays where exactly she's going, and what time she'll get to the house wherever the sleepover is.

Dh and I always offer to drive. We hear some very interesting shit when the girls think we're focused on driving. If there is not a sleepover then there is a time agreed upon when they will be home or picked up.

DD uses some of her own money from babysitting and allowance and sometimes DH or I will give her some - it's not a hard and fast rule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 13 year old is in 10th grade and on Saturday nights she babysits. She does not have a curfew for that. She usually calls me when she gets bored - around midnight - because she is tired but doesn't feel right napping on the couch.

On Friday nights she usually does something with friends that ends in a sleepover. They go to see a movie, go to the mall, go ice skating, etc., then go to someone's house, make pizza, bake dessert or make homemade ice cream, and stay up late before crashing. No curfew for that but we discuss on Fridays where exactly she's going, and what time she'll get to the house wherever the sleepover is.

Dh and I always offer to drive. We hear some very interesting shit when the girls think we're focused on driving. If there is not a sleepover then there is a time agreed upon when they will be home or picked up.

DD uses some of her own money from babysitting and allowance and sometimes DH or I will give her some - it's not a hard and fast rule.

Your 13 year old is in 10th grade???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 13 year old is in 10th grade and on Saturday nights she babysits. She does not have a curfew for that. She usually calls me when she gets bored - around midnight - because she is tired but doesn't feel right napping on the couch.

On Friday nights she usually does something with friends that ends in a sleepover. They go to see a movie, go to the mall, go ice skating, etc., then go to someone's house, make pizza, bake dessert or make homemade ice cream, and stay up late before crashing. No curfew for that but we discuss on Fridays where exactly she's going, and what time she'll get to the house wherever the sleepover is.

Dh and I always offer to drive. We hear some very interesting shit when the girls think we're focused on driving. If there is not a sleepover then there is a time agreed upon when they will be home or picked up.

DD uses some of her own money from babysitting and allowance and sometimes DH or I will give her some - it's not a hard and fast rule.

Your 13 year old is in 10th grade???

Geek alert!

[Anonymous]

Fri nite is football game or wrestling or baseball. Sat AM is practice and review of game/match film. Sat nite he usually goes to movies with teammates, maybe out for ice cream afterward. Often it ends with everyone here to play Xbox, eat and swim. The weekends are pretty focused on sports.

[Anonymous]

Kids tend to go to friends' houses. I drop off and pick up but hope in a year or two that will change. No curfew yet because I pick up. I give them money, but will probably increase allowance soon so I can work with them on budgeting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 13 year old is in 10th grade and on Saturday nights she babysits. She does not have a curfew for that. She usually calls me when she gets bored - around midnight - because she is tired but doesn't feel right napping on the couch.

On Friday nights she usually does something with friends that ends in a sleepover. They go to see a movie, go to the mall, go ice skating, etc., then go to someone's house, make pizza, bake dessert or make homemade ice cream, and stay up late before crashing. No curfew for that but we discuss on Fridays where exactly she's going, and what time she'll get to the house wherever the sleepover is.

Dh and I always offer to drive. We hear some very interesting shit when the girls think we're focused on driving. If there is not a sleepover then there is a time agreed upon when they will be home or picked up.

DD uses some of her own money from babysitting and allowance and sometimes DH or I will give her some - it's not a hard and fast rule.

Your 13 year old is in 10th grade???

Geek alert!

Give me a geek babysitter over a party girl any day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 13 year old is in 10th grade and on Saturday nights she babysits. She does not have a curfew for that. She usually calls me when she gets bored - around midnight - because she is tired but doesn't feel right napping on the couch.

On Friday nights she usually does something with friends that ends in a sleepover. They go to see a movie, go to the mall, go ice skating, etc., then go to someone's house, make pizza, bake dessert or make homemade ice cream, and stay up late before crashing. No curfew for that but we discuss on Fridays where exactly she's going, and what time she'll get to the house wherever the sleepover is.

Dh and I always offer to drive. We hear some very interesting shit when the girls think we're focused on driving. If there is not a sleepover then there is a time agreed upon when they will be home or picked up.

DD uses some of her own money from babysitting and allowance and sometimes DH or I will give her some - it's not a hard and fast rule.

Your 13 year old is in 10th grade???

Don't believe it. Kid would have had to skip two grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 13 year old is in 10th grade and on Saturday nights she babysits. She does not have a curfew for that. She usually calls me when she gets bored - around midnight - because she is tired but doesn't feel right napping on the couch.

On Friday nights she usually does something with friends that ends in a sleepover. They go to see a movie, go to the mall, go ice skating, etc., then go to someone's house, make pizza, bake dessert or make homemade ice cream, and stay up late before crashing. No curfew for that but we discuss on Fridays where exactly she's going, and what time she'll get to the house wherever the sleepover is.

Dh and I always offer to drive. We hear some very interesting shit when the girls think we're focused on driving. If there is not a sleepover then there is a time agreed upon when they will be home or picked up.

DD uses some of her own money from babysitting and allowance and sometimes DH or I will give her some - it's not a hard and fast rule.

Your 13 year old is in 10th grade???

Don't believe it. Kid would have had to skip two grades.

Agree it's bullshit.

[maril332]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 13 year old is in 10th grade and on Saturday nights she babysits. She does not have a curfew for that. She usually calls me when she gets bored - around midnight - because she is tired but doesn't feel right napping on the couch.

On Friday nights she usually does something with friends that ends in a sleepover. They go to see a movie, go to the mall, go ice skating, etc., then go to someone's house, make pizza, bake dessert or make homemade ice cream, and stay up late before crashing. No curfew for that but we discuss on Fridays where exactly she's going, and what time she'll get to the house wherever the sleepover is.

Dh and I always offer to drive. We hear some very interesting shit when the girls think we're focused on driving. If there is not a sleepover then there is a time agreed upon when they will be home or picked up.

DD uses some of her own money from babysitting and allowance and sometimes DH or I will give her some - it's not a hard and fast rule.

Your 13 year old is in 10th grade???

Don't believe it. Kid would have had to skip two grades.

Not really, she could be the youngest in the grade or be about to turn 14. And if she did skip 2 grades, is that so impossible?

But really, imagine skipping a grade in lower school (ex. skipping 1st grade) and then skipping 5th or another middle grade.

[Anonymous]

The cut off for school 7 yrs ago was not September. I think it was November . So if the child was born in October 1999. They would have started K at 4. 10th grade would be 14. So she could have skipped 1 grade.

Either way, my 13 yo, hangs out with friends, watches movies, goes to football games and does have a curfew if there is a sports event the next day, so he is home by 11.

I think it will be much different when he is 15 and 17.

[Anonymous]

My HS freshman generally makes plans with friends one night out of the weekend -- typically the going to the football game and then back to someone's house, or maybe a movie or trip to the mall. We offer to drive at least one way. She pays for most stuff with her allowance ($15/week) but we do help out on occasion.

Our HS senior drives and pretty much just has a curfew and has to check in with us by phone/text regularly so we know where he is and who he's with.

[Anonymous]

Ok, only tangential, but I think the problem was that the poster mentioned that her 13 yr old was a 10th grader, both were not necessarily, and clearly designed to make the point that she was accelerated. Either 13 or 10th grader would have done just fine. My teenager's routine is pretty similar to what is described but then again she did not skip that many grades, just a few.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok, only tangential, but I think the problem was that the poster mentioned that her 13 yr old was a 10th grader, both were not necessarily, and clearly designed to make the point that she was accelerated. Either 13 or 10th grader would have done just fine. My teenager's routine is pretty similar to what is described but then again she did not skip that many grades, just a few.[/quote]

Humblebrag

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 13 year old is in 10th grade and on Saturday nights she babysits. She does not have a curfew for that. She usually calls me when she gets bored - around midnight - because she is tired but doesn't feel right napping on the couch.

On Friday nights she usually does something with friends that ends in a sleepover. They go to see a movie, go to the mall, go ice skating, etc., then go to someone's house, make pizza, bake dessert or make homemade ice cream, and stay up late before crashing. No curfew for that but we discuss on Fridays where exactly she's going, and what time she'll get to the house wherever the sleepover is.

Dh and I always offer to drive. We hear some very interesting shit when the girls think we're focused on driving. If there is not a sleepover then there is a time agreed upon when they will be home or picked up.

DD uses some of her own money from babysitting and allowance and sometimes DH or I will give her some - it's not a hard and fast rule.

After humblebragging, you may want to give your kid a curfew. Sorry...13 is too young to not have one. Heck, 17 is too young not to have one.