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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Freshman kids, well known party house with no supervision, and a large group of parents are letting their 15 year olds hang there all the time and sleep over.  They all know what’s going on but don’t care.  I’m pissed as these are my kid’s friends and I have reached out to the parents to see if we can be on the same page, and no-go.   It’s craziness.  [b]Makes it very hard to parent and be the only one in the friend group not allowing it, which I have to do.[/b] [/quote]

Oh well...everyone makes different choices, and you need to live with yours or, as others have suggested, your kid needs to find new friends.  I'm so tired of parents wanting other parents to change their approach to parenting so that your job is easier.

This is the same debate that goes on about MS kids and cell phones.  The parents who don't let their kids have cell phones just can't believe that the other parents are permitting it because it makes it so hard to say no.  Oh well....either continue to say no and suck it up, or let your kid have a cell phone (or go to the party or whatever it is you are resisting).  The parents who are letting their kids go to the party aren't pressuring you to let your DC go too (I assume), so where do you get off pressuring them not to let their kids go?  Parent your own child.  Being a helipcopter/overly cautious parent is really hard, but that's your choice.  But you know what?  Being a parent that gives their kids' some freedom to make decisions/choices is also very hard.  Stop being so judgy and focus on your parenting decisions, not other people's.
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Really liked this post. Needed to be said. [/quote]

Nah, it was a pile of crap unless you're a parent who's decided it's more important for YOU and your kid to be "popular" than it is to do the hard work of parenting.

Parents allowing their kids and other people's kids to break the law isn't the same as whether a parent allows their own middle schooler to have a cell phone.  I will judge parents who think it's ok to allow kids who aren't theirs to break the law and I won't feel bad about it.  I will give my kids the freedom they've shown they can handle, but I'm not going to give them enough rope to hang themselves.  
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