2 kids at the same private (‘21 and ‘23 grads) went to OBX with parents (2 at a time, switching mid-week) as chaperones. The ‘23 year had kids kicked out of houses at the beginning of the week. A big financial loss for those parents. A little parental involvement is a reasonable idea when you are renting a home/condo/hotel. I have friends who have paid thousands in damages. That doesn’t happen much in college, but seemingly not uncommon at Beach Week when kids unsupervised. Yes- I think they are still kids.

I grew up in NJ in the 1990s and we went down the shore after prom. No adults. I had two very distinct groups of friends and stuck with the nerdy crew rather than the partiers so it was incredibly tame. Saved my wildness until I got to college!

Anonymous wrote:Are these kids drinking and using drugs?

Yes but it varies from group to group.

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Anonymous wrote:There were always 2 parents staying at the house when my kids did beach week. We would rotate shifts so no one had to be there the entire week. This was true of all the kids at beach week. DC private schools (kids currently in college).

Laaaaaaaaaaame.

In my experience though it’s always the problematic Cool Moms who stay nearby or at the beach house and buy all the alcohol and get a chance to re live their partying days.

-JMHS Mom

not happening under my watch. I'm nearby the beach house but am not buying them alcohol and am checking in A LOT. And they know I can stop by at any time to check in.

Our chaperones aren't buying alcohol, either. There is a lot of misinformation that is spread on here. Talk to parents from your own school.

Our school is there this week. I know the details of 4 houses and they all have parent chaperones in the house. What I usually hear is 2 at a time with a mid-week switch off.

It doesn't have to happen Op.

No chaperones when William and Mary did beach week at Nag's Head years ago. Seems like most students are still unchaperoned there.

Some housing in OBX, etc require parent who rented to the house to be physically present. Some of them even check mid week with unannounced visits to make sure someone over the age of 25 is staying at the house.

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Anonymous wrote:There were always 2 parents staying at the house when my kids did beach week. We would rotate shifts so no one had to be there the entire week. This was true of all the kids at beach week. DC private schools (kids currently in college).

Laaaaaaaaaaame.

In my experience though it’s always the problematic Cool Moms who stay nearby or at the beach house and buy all the alcohol and get a chance to re live their partying days.

-JMHS Mom

not happening under my watch. I'm nearby the beach house but am not buying them alcohol and am checking in A LOT. And they know I can stop by at any time to check in.

My son is currently in OBX for beach week with 7 friends. A couple of the parents rented a place nearly for only a SOS - if they need it, which is inconvenient financially but there wasn't any room at their rental. This particular group of boys don't drink (or drink excessively) or use drugs so we were ok with them being alone in the house. I'll be glad to be home and have beach week behind us!!!

MoCo and DC Catholic school grads I know are in Corolla this week. Some houses have a couple of parent chaperones and/or parents staying nearby. Some don’t. My kid has parent chaperones on-site as required by the rental agreement on the house. There are also parents nearby. Kid thinks houses from his school that don’t have parents on-site will be the first ones evicted for rowdy behavior.

All of the groups I know going from area privates have chaperones. So it must depend on private vs public and from school to school. Houses typically won’t rent to under 25.

Anonymous wrote:Not typically chaperoned, although parents are involved in the planning, send off, and keep in touch. There's plenty of school/public safety outreach to kids and parents about how to have a safe beach week. It appears to be a uniquely DMV (or at least Maryland) tradition - both public and private schoolers. IME as a parent I've seen alot of kids that go to Bethany, Rehoboth, Dewey, and OBX. It is certainly not mandatory.

No. It’s done in NJ as well, private and public. Kid’s rent houses via parents and then no chaperoning.

None of the kids at our public school are going with adults. They are going to college in the Fall and most of them are 18 - had no problem getting an airbnb in rehobeth. We've had significant talks about consequences for being an idiot, drinking and especially driving.

Are these kids drinking and using drugs?