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[quote=Anonymous]Parent of an older teen here. Yes, confirm with parents. I don't care how helicopter-ish it sounds. The kids can plan but parents should just shoot an email or text to each other to confirm and get locations or transportation plans. You saw in the case of the movie what happens if kids do it all at this age; your son was left by his friends in a place he didn't know, and if you hadn't been reachable (it does happen) and assumed they'd get him home it could have been an issue.

Kids your son's age should do initial plans but check with parents and parents should have enough of an acquaintance to be able to do one simple check with each other. Remember: These kids must depend on adults for transportation and the kids also are so busy with school and activities that they do not always know their own schedules and can end up saying yes to seeing friends when you as the parent know that junior has an extra sports practice that same day (which he forgot) or your family has a family event you hadn't mentioned to son yet. Heck, my kid is 16 and due to a very busy extracurricular it takes us both to keep up with things. Her closest friends all go to other high schools, none drives, and all have very busy activities outside school; they plan things but all of them consult with us parents and we parents confirm with each other. No big deal. [/quote]

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