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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is so sad. Our kids are both in HS at this point and we do things without them all the time. They're old enough to be home alone. Literally we go out together or with friends every single weekend. W[b]e don't do overnight stays without them of course [/b]but it sounds like people went from helicopter parenting teens that were close to being adults to having them off at college.[/quote]

Just curious why "of course"?  We have done plenty of overnight stays without our 15 and 17-year-old kids.
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This depends on the child's age as well as the capability of the specific children. One of ours just turned 13 and I think in MoCo we can leave him alone at night, he's probably not quite ready for it yet.[/quote]

My youngest son (for example) was fine all alone over night at 13/14 but when 15-17 happened there was too much pressure from friends to have a party.

My oldest we in college and one of us would stay home when visiting him (he played a sport so we went often) because my youngest had his own stuff and couldn't go and he said his friends would just show up with beer and he didn't think he could say no.

My oldest OTOH had no problem saying no.[/quote]

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