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[quote=Anonymous]My brother did this back in the day - my mom woke up for something in the middle of the night, went to check on him before going back to sleep, and found his room empty and the car gone. It just about gave her a heart attack. He came home to her sitting in the garage waiting for him.

Honestly, turning your house into a fortress is not the answer. Making it a game of whether you can put security measures in place that they can’t defeat is not an effective strategy. Moving his bedroom closer to yours seems like an excellent idea. Finding tracking for his phone that can’t be disabled. Make it very, very clear what the punishment will be if this happens again.

But also talk to him about it…a lot. Make sure he understands why you feel the way you do - it’s about safety, not controlling him. Try not to make it a him v you situation but an ongoing conversation. See if there are ways you can meet the underlying need more safely.

And yes, filling up his time a bit more is probably also a good idea. Not a coincidence this happened over break. Also maybe a set wake-up time for breaks and weekends that make being out all night a little more painful.[/quote]

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