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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's what college is.  She's gone in a few weeks. Time to face reality.[/quote]

This comment is a bit flippant, but it is true to some extent.  I have two kids in college and a rising HS senior.  We had specific curfews for them in HS that our friends thought was lenient during senior year and a "respect the house" standard now that they are in college.  They do pretty well with it.  We wanted to give them a taste of freedom at home to prepare them for the unlimited freedom of college.  We all know people who were sheltered and coddled at home, went to college, and became overwhlemed with all the freedom and responsibility.  We wanted to avoid that and so we gave them a fair amount of freedom as long as they were responsible.

The two older ones each went to Beach Week with their three closest friends - all pretty responsible and all headed to college as student athletes shortly after the trip.  None of them are/were drinkers.  OP, I understand that you want to get a handle on things early.  But trust me - you will have hundreds of discussions about curfew, responsibility and freedom before Beach Week is even a thought in her mind. It makes sense to have an idea of how you want to handle it, but you will not know for sure until things play out a little bit.    [/quote]

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