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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We caught our nextdoor neighbor teenagers doing some dangerous things with other teens in their back yard while the parents were out. We broke up the party. Sent the boys home and gave the neighbor teen the option of her telling her parents or us telling. She opted for her telling.  It worked out well and the teen came back to thank us for giving her the option. [/quote]

Wow.  I want you for a neighbor![/quote]

My husband and I always think of that as the first big parenting decision we ever made.  Our kids were little at the time (and the teen was often their babysitter).  I remember standing in our kitchen ready for bed at 9pm when we saw the teens. DH and I had a big discussion and went to get dressed so we could go outside.   The teen is now in her late 20's and has a great job. The best part was when she came back to thank us.  She had gotten in over her head and didn't know what to do.  We told her she could always use us to be the bad guys.  It worked great since we were almost always home she always had an comeback to any "friends". She knew she could text us as well.  We are still friends with her parents even though we all live 8 hours away from each other. Now our kids are teens so we have tried to make sure they have other adults in their lives that they can count on as well.[/quote]

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