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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have two 19 year olds and 16 year old. They’re home and aren’t going anywhere. [/quote]

You’ve got good kids there. I have an 18 year old who will not stay home. Nothing I can really do about it.

But I’m not hosting or encouraging anything. [/quote]

Asking seriously and without snark or judgment, PP: When you say "will not stay"--do you mean your kid has a job to go to? Or just that he or she is going out socializing?

Does your kid have access to a car and drives off? Why not take the keys and keep them and other car keys where the teen can't get them? 
If friends come and pick up your teen, what do you say or do then? Is this a "you're an adult and must make your own choices" thing on your side and/or on your teen's?

What has your teen said when you explain that even if he or she feels just fine, kid can be a carrier and give a potentially deadly virus to others in the house? That when teen is with friends, teen is also "with" those friends' potentially Covid-positive family, friends, coworkers? What does your teen say to any of that?

I'm seeing other posts and articles about 18+ HS/college students "refusing" to stay home and away from friends. The Post article yesterday even profiled one 18 year old whose mother is immunocompromised yet he will not stop hanging out with friends, going to the store unnecessarily, etc. I'm trying to wrap my head around it. 
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