So I get a frantic call from my kid to pick her up from a party. It turns out that a girl was going to have a party while her parents were away and some kids were going to sleep over. It turns out that the party thrower told her guest they could bring a friend so at least 40 kids showed up. The neighbors saw the party and came to the house and told all of the kids to go home or else they were going to call the cops.
If that was my kid (the party thrower) she would die. I think I would beat the **** out of her....and the kicker is the kid is only in 9th grade!
I can't imagine leaving a 9th grader home alone overnight - that's 14, right? If it was my kid she'd be in her room for a very long time - I'd be too angry to even see her face. I'd probably be pretty angry at myself, too, though, for being a schmuck believing she was mature enough to be home alone.
Wow. Those parents are in for a heck of a ride if that's what their 14 year old pulls!
Luckily for me, 40 people couldn't fit in my house, so I doubt my kids could do that.
Good for your daughter for calling you!
OOOH no my daughter is no angle in this scandal. She knew the parents were not going to be home and she was going to sleep over. The only reason she called me is because she had no where to go after they all got kicked out. Guess who will be without a cell phone until Christmas, she will also not be going to any sleepovers until then either and after that I will walk her to the door of ever home she goes to to make sure the parents are going to be there, like you do with a six year old.
I can't imagine leaving a 9th grader home alone overnight - that's 14, right? If it was my kid she'd be in her room for a very long time - I'd be too angry to even see her face. I'd probably be pretty angry at myself, too, though, for being a schmuck believing she was mature enough to be home alone.
I think parents should be able to leave a halfway decently behaved 14 year old at home for 1 night. That's a high school freshman.
I can't imagine leaving a 9th grader home alone overnight - that's 14, right? If it was my kid she'd be in her room for a very long time - I'd be too angry to even see her face. I'd probably be pretty angry at myself, too, though, for being a schmuck believing she was mature enough to be home alone.
I think parents should be able to leave a halfway decently behaved 14 year old at home for 1 night. That's a high school freshman.
I remember my parents leaving my sister and me home alone for one night when they went to a wedding. We were 13 and 14. We would have been too scared to invite anyone over, let alone have a party. My parents would have killed us! I think my parents just knew we were the responsible type who wouldn't have dared risk anything. I remember my mother calling several times to make sure we were all right. I don't think it would have even occurred to us to pull any stunts.
Maybe it was more innocent times (this was the mid-60s), but I don't remember kids having these big house parties when parents were away, but in the olden' days, parents didn't often go away overnight or for a weekend. And, in those days, neighbors and others watched out for each other's kids. My father owned a small business in the town and if I misbehaved, believe me, someone would have told him. People had no problem doing things like that then; nowadays, if would be considered being a busybody.
Holy cow.
