Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why kids today are so dysfunctional. Their looney tunes overprotective parents.

They are dysfunctional because of looney parents who don’t want to parent.

Parenting means letting your kids be independent.


Something today's mommies are terrible at.

If parenting means letting kids be independent, then there would be no such thing as parenting. It would be obsolete which you are familiar with.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why kids today are so dysfunctional. Their looney tunes overprotective parents.

They are dysfunctional because of looney parents who don’t want to parent.

Parenting means letting your kids be independent.


Something today's mommies are terrible at.

You don't have to be sexist about it.

A lot of these nutty posts definitely sound like dads who are terrified of leaving their teenage daughters alone because of sexual predators.

I don't think women have cornered the market on being psychotically overprotective, especially of teenagers. A lot of dads really struggle with letting go of authority and letting their kids have independence as they get older. A lot.

Anonymous wrote:Just don't. I just have my glass of wine in my room with the kid. They are more important to me than sitting in a dang bar. If I want a night out I get a sitter.

You won’t leave your 17 year old alone in a hotel room??

Here's something for the trolls to nibble on:

We sometimes leave our 3 year old alone in our apartment to go have drinks downs the hall with our neighbors. After she falls asleep, of course. Our monitor works in their apartment no problem, and it allows us to socialize in a way we couldn't if our neighbors came to our place because our apartment is tiny and we'd have to be really careful about noise. Building is secure and we keep the door locked.

Fire away! No regrets.

Anonymous wrote:This is why kids today are so dysfunctional. Their looney tunes overprotective parents.

Staying in room and having drink brought up rather than going to bar to drink is not overprotective. It’s called parenting, maybe you should try it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why kids today are so dysfunctional. Their looney tunes overprotective parents.

They are dysfunctional because of looney parents who don’t want to parent.

Parenting means letting your kids be independent.


Something today's mommies are terrible at.

Anonymous wrote:This is why kids today are so dysfunctional. Their looney tunes overprotective parents.

They are dysfunctional because of looney parents who don’t want to parent.

This is why kids today are so dysfunctional. Their looney tunes overprotective parents.

Anonymous wrote:My eyes bugged out of my head just reading your headline.

Bring your drink to your room for goodness sake.

Bingo! Thank you for your rational and responsible advice.
By the way OP, if you have to ask, then you know you should not do it.

Anonymous wrote:My kids are still little so who knows what I'll do when the time comes, but I think 13 would be fine. When I was 13, I started staying at home by myself every day after school until my parents got home from work, about 3 hours.

Your home is not a hotel.

My kids are still little so who knows what I'll do when the time comes, but I think 13 would be fine. When I was 13, I started staying at home by myself every day after school until my parents got home from work, about 3 hours.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t any of you use neighborhood kids as babysitters? You really wouldn’t leave a 16 year-old alone in a hotel room but you would leave one in your home watching your toddler?

No, wouldn’t do that either. Thanks for trying.

Actually, I've done that. My 13 year old next door neighbor babysat with her 11 year old sister helping. Their parents were next door and the other neighbors on the other side were next door, they had a phone, and are highly responsible. I plan to keep using them until they graduate. They are learning great skills and my kids are developing great relationships with their neighbors.

I'm not sure about the age I'd personally feel comfortable leaving my kids in the hotel room while I go downstairs...depends on each child and their skill level. I'd make sure they have a phone and would initially probably use a video camera to be able to check in quickly. I'm thinking 10+ starting with just a few minutes and moving up towards an hour or two. I would never leave the building. I might run downstairs to grab coffee/breakfast a little sooner than that. I honestly prefer to get a room with a nice balcony to enjoy while the kids are sleeping/playing on their tablets.

My eyes bugged out of my head just reading your headline.

Bring your drink to your room for goodness sake.

Anonymous wrote:Don’t any of you use neighborhood kids as babysitters? You really wouldn’t leave a 16 year-old alone in a hotel room but you would leave one in your home watching your toddler?

No, wouldn’t do that either. Thanks for trying.