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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Maybe I should say something to the girl directly ... I am deliberately not taking offense (trying!) at the people telling me I suck. Since my entreaty to my kid to say something didn’t work, maybe next time the girl is in my house I should say- hey, your parents know you’re in here, right? And try to get her to come clean. It’s not that I’m going to change my rules, or contact her parents, I just do hate being party to her lying to them. Imagining if it were my kid..[/quote]

I posted above that I would be upset if another parent knew my kid was engaging in risky behavior that our family had tried to prohibit, and did not say something.  I think this is a good compromise.  Even though I am healthy, I have a medical condition that could lead to a poor outcome with covid.  My kids know this and are really protective of me in their own behaviors.  However, they are teens and if they did choose to make decisions that could endanger my health, I hope another adult who was aware my kid was acting against our wishes would say something.  This isn't the same as allowing R movies at your house when another family does not, or letting kids stay up all night when it would not be allowed at their own house.  For some families, the potential stakes really are much higher with covid.  And as much as we want to spout that 18 year olds are legally adults, most of them are still in high school and living at home with parents, and are not really "adulting" yet.  We need to recognize that, too.[/quote]

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You should tell the girls parents.[/quote]

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