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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old?  To me it sounds like the problem is you needing to feel like you are on.[/quote]
15. I do feel like I need to keep tabs, especially when they wander off to find food. I realize they are 15, but this is where the parents will go to find them/pick them up, or at least where they understand they are located.  [/quote]

Three suggestions:
1. Let go of the feeling quoted above. You aren't actually the adult in charge of these kids during the afterschool window. All these kids have phones and their parents should be able to reach/track them without expecting anything of you.
2. Set strong boundaries around offering rides home. That is probably the thing that is most disruptive/unexpected in your evening. You don't need to offer them (you are already hosting the kids!), just make it a rule that you can't do it on a regular basis.
3. Figure out what you are comfortable with food-wise (this is a good place to enlist your kid to make a weekly list and take some ownership of food in the house) and when it's gone, it's gone.[/quote]

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