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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 8th grader had friends spend the night. They went out to the park down the street (very safe master planned community) around 10 and about 30 minutes later my doorbell rang and it was 2 cops and my kid and his friends. The cops let me know they got a call and found the kids walking. The kids admitted and were honest and kind of in shock. I couldn't believe they would be so stupid but I realize the collective wisdom of 6 8th grade boys is actually dumb and risky. The cops told them they were putting themselves in a lot of danger because people around here wouldn't hesitate to use a gun in a situation like that in this day and age. They were not wrong. The kids definitely learned their lesson.

How would you handle this with the other parents? One kid already told his mom. Others told me they want to be the ones to tell their parents in the morning, which I understand. I should follow up with a text to the parents later in the day to see if they have spoken with their kid, right? I would want to know and I don't want the parents to think I am not taking responsibility.

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First, I don't think you are a bad mom for letting 6 thirteen-year-olds walk to a park in your own community.  My daughter meets with her friends since last year (she is 14 now) and they walk all around the community, and yes, during the summer it was sometimes at 10-11pm.  I would drop her off at a friends house and 8 of them would walk, at night (gasp!) to our neighborhood school and just hang out by the playground, or play on the field.  All good kids, honor students.  Same when they come to our house, we have a beautiful pond (short walk) in our neighborhood and they like to go there. It is illuminated and has benches.  I think that part is fine.  You know your kid and his friends.  Now the doorbell ringing and running is immature and it can scare some people.  Obviously, someone was bothered enough to call the police.  That was wrong.  It was an immature thing to do.  At that point I would have reached out to the parents via text and asked them if they would like to pick up their kids.  You have to tell them ASAP, that is not a question you should be asking in a forum, you should know that is the right thing to do.[/quote]

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